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01-07-2003 | World Progress in Surgery

Postlaryngectomy Voice Rehabilitation: State of the Art at the Millennium

Authors: Dale H. Brown, M.B., B.Ch., Frans J.M. Hilgers, M.D., Ph.D., Jonathan C. Irish, M.D., M.Sc., Alfons J.M. Balm, M.D.

Published in: World Journal of Surgery | Issue 7/2003

Abstract

Total laryngectomy or laryngopharyngectomy remains the procedure of choice for advanced laryngeal/hypopharyngeal carcinoma, either as a primary procedure or as salvage following irradiation alone or concurrent chemoradiation therapy. Over the past 25 years there has been significant improvement in the rehabilitation of these patients, with speech restoration that has dramatically altered and improved their quality of life. This article reviews postlaryngectomy voice rehabilitation with a historical background as well as the present state-of-the-art tracheoesophageal shunt voice with an artificial valve. Finally, this article reviews and compares artificial valve prostheses as to their voice characteristics, patient satisfaction, complications associated with the procedure, and devices used at a center in Europe (The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam) and a North American center (The Wharton Head and Neck Center, Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada).

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Title: Postlaryngectomy Voice Rehabilitation: State of the Art at the Millennium
Authors: Dale H. Brown, M.B., B.Ch.
Frans J.M. Hilgers, M.D., Ph.D.
Jonathan C. Irish, M.D., M.Sc.
Alfons J.M. Balm, M.D.
Publication date: 01-07-2003
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: World Journal of Surgery / Issue 7/2003
Print ISSN: 0364-2313
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2323
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-003-7107-4

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