Blocked Voice Prosthesis: A Common Complication Reducing the Prosthesis Longevity
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
A Single Voice Prosthesis Utilized For 17 Years
Introduction: Surgical procedures, especially total laryngectomy, have a profound adverse effect on the patient's physical, functional, as well as emotional health, and strongly decrease quality of life. Tracheoesophageal puncture is one of the most significant method that is widely performed successfully by physicians. Current valve technology enables long expiring duration; however, gen...
متن کاملThe Nijdam voice prosthesis: a self-retaining valveless voice prosthesis for vocal rehabilitation after total laryngectomy.
Voice prosthesis-assisted speech rehabilitation after total laryngectomy has proven to be successful in the majority of patients and exceeds the results of traditional oesophageal speech. Nevertheless 10-30% failure rates are still reported. In part this is due to prosthesis-related problems, in particular ingrowth of Candida species in the valve-bearing parts of the devices. A new indwelling, ...
متن کاملAspirated Voice Prosthesis: A Unique Complication of Post Total Laryngectomy Voice Rehabilitation
Background/objectives: Prosthetic voice rehabilitation after total laryngectomy has proven to be successful in restoring proper speech function in over 90% of patients. The possibility of achieving effective speech using the voice prosthesis is superior to esophageal speech and electrolarynx. Setting: Department of Head and Neck Oncosurgery, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bengaluru. Cas...
متن کاملTracheostomy cannulas and voice prosthesis
Cannulas and voice prostheses are mechanical aids for patients who had to undergo tracheotomy or laryngectomy for different reasons. For better understanding of the function of those artificial devices, first the indications and particularities of the previous surgical intervention are described in the context of this review. Despite the established procedure of percutaneous dilatation tracheot...
متن کاملAlternative voice after laryngectomy using a sound-producing voice prosthesis.
OBJECTIVE To improve the voice quality of female laryngectomees and/or laryngectomees with a hypotonic pharyngoesophageal (PE) segment by means of a pneumatic artificial source of voice incorporated in a regular tracheoesophageal (TE) shunt valve. STUDY DESIGN Experimental, randomized, crossover trial. METHODS The new sound source consists of a single silicone lip, which performs an oscilla...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Head and Neck Surgery
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0975-7899,0976-0539
DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10001-1184