MODIFIED NEOGLOTTIS RECONSTRUCTION FOLLOWING TOTAL LARYNGECTOMY - LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP AND RESULTS

In 1978 a surgical procedure was developed to create a neoglottis from the upper tracheal rings to facilitate speech rehabilitation in patie nts who had undergone total laryngectomy for carcinoma of the larynx. To date, 45 such procedures have been performed and results indicate r apid postoperative speech rehabilitation in nearly all patients, good long-term speech results, and low morbidity. This procedure has served as a very successful alternative to the more frequently used tracheoe sophageal puncture (TEP) and prosthetic valve technique.