Preoperative findings: Pronounced histologically confirmed carcinoma in the area of the supraglottis, accentuated on the left. The tumor begins in the middle of the epiglottis, extends to the left into the area of the vallecula, along the aryepiglottic fold to the left arytenoid cartilage. The tumor ends just above the left pouch ligament. In addition, the tumor reaches the lateral pharyngeal wall on the left via the pharyngoepiglottic fold.