Quality of Life following Voice Restoration with Tracheoesophageal Prosthesis after Total Laryngectomy
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The assessment of quality of life in patients with laryngeal cancer treated by total laryngectomy, represents a highly useful tool for providing the understanding about the major difficulties of these patients and their priorities, before and after the surgical treatment, thus favouring a multidisciplinary assistance that is efficient, integral and optimized to health. The present review demonstrates that patients with tracheoesophageal prosthesis (TEP) placement after laryngectomy exhibited better quality of life compared to other rehabilitation methods.
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