Table 1 Criteria for selection of patients

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with previously untreated primary glottic cancer (T1a/T1b N0M0)

Exclusion criteria

• All advanced cases of glottic cancer (T2, T3, T4, N + , and M +)

• All recurrent cases

• Cases with prior exposure of radiation to neck

• Cases with pre-existing vocal cord palsy

• Cases with central speech pathology

• Patients on tracheostomy

• All patients with poor pulmonary reserve