Reviewing a proposed procedure with your chosen doctor
Voice Box Cancer Surgery (Laryngectomy)
second opinion in Mumbai.
Medical term: Partial or total laryngectomy
Already chosen your head-and-neck cancer surgeon in Mumbai or Navi Mumbai to review your proposed voice box cancer surgery (laryngectomy)? When you cannot attend yourself, Redwood organises your existing records and questions, takes the case to that doctor and shares their recommendations.
You choose the doctor. We take your case to them.
Understand the procedure
What is voice box cancer surgery (laryngectomy)?
Laryngectomy removes part or all of the voice box to treat selected laryngeal cancers. The effects on breathing, speaking and swallowing depend on the extent of removal. This differs from removing a benign vocal cord polyp.
This is general procedure information. Your chosen doctor assesses what applies to you.
Procedure information: National Cancer Institute: patient information
Understand the proposed plan
What the operation may involve
Your decision, your questions
Questions for your chosen doctor
Choose the questions that matter to your situation. We record them in your own words and take them to the consultation.
- Why is partial or total laryngectomy recommended for my stage?
- Are any voice-box-preserving treatments suitable?
- How would I breathe, speak and swallow after the proposed operation?
- Would lymph-node surgery, radiotherapy or other treatment also be needed?
Your existing case file
Records to organise
We organise the laryngoscopy findings and biopsy report alongside your treatment history and the written procedure recommendation. We note what you want the head-and-neck cancer surgeon to clarify and keep the original reports available for the consultation.
Share the records you already have. This is a document checklist, not a request for new tests.
Bring together what is available
- Laryngoscopy findings and biopsy report
- Neck and chest staging scans already completed
- Previous radiotherapy, chemotherapy or neck-operation records
- Speech, swallowing and nutrition assessments if available
- Your written procedure recommendation, current prescriptions and allergy details
When you cannot attend yourself
How Redwood takes your case to your doctor
- Tell us whom you have chosen. Share the doctor’s name, hospital or clinic, and the decision you want reviewed.
- Prepare the case with us. We organise your existing records, treatment timeline and questions, then coordinate the appointment.
- We attend with your case. Your Care Steward takes the organised voice box cancer surgery (laryngectomy) case file to the head-and-neck cancer surgeon you selected and puts forward your recorded questions. After the consultation, we share the doctor's recommendations and consultation documents with you.
A video call during the consultation can be arranged if the doctor allows.
We respond within 12 hours of your enquiry.