Current status of near-total laryngectomy: review
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Current status of near-total laryngectomy: review.
Concurrent chemoradiation is currently the accepted 'standard of care' for locally advanced laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancers. However, there is a subset of patients not suitable for chemoradiation, in whom primary surgery is the best option. Speech preservation is of prime importance in these patients. Near-total laryngectomy is a voice-preserving procedure which can be considered as an alt...
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OBJECTIVE To demonstrate the oncological and physiological safety of near-total laryngectomy (NTL), its versatility for use following extensive resections that necessitate pharyngoplasty, in post radiation recurrences and its success in voice conservation. To highlight the importance of a "maintenance free biological shunt" for voice production in patients of advanced laryngeal and pharyngeal c...
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Drs. Mark Singer and Eric Blom revolutionized the process of speech rehabilitation following total laryngectomy with their introduction of the tracheoesophageal puncture and insertion of a duck bill prosthesis.[1-5] The physiologic principles of the procedure are obvious, the surgical technique is simple, and the results in terms of fluent speech production are immediate and quite satisfactory....
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Total laryngectomy is the surgical procedure traditionally used to treat patients with advanced-stage cancer of the larynx. The impairments resulting from removal of such a small organ are, indeed, profound. They include loss of voice and speech; altered respiration, necessitating a permanent breathing opening in the neck; and diminished sense of smell and taste. When one considers these factor...
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the dynamics of speech shunt muscle in patients with Pearson near-total laryngectomy by needle electromyography and correlation of ability to activate shunt muscle with speech production. DESIGN AND SETTINGS Prospective study of patients with near-total laryngectomy at 2 hospital-based academic tertiary care centers. PARTICIPANTS AND INTERVENTION Fourteen patients w...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Laryngology & Otology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0022-2151,1748-5460
DOI: 10.1017/s0022215112000424