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

Citation
Jh. Brandenburg et al., MODIFIED NEOGLOTTIS RECONSTRUCTION FOLLOWING TOTAL LARYNGECTOMY - LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP AND RESULTS, The Laryngoscope, 105(7), 1995, pp. 714-716
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Otorhinolaryngology,"Instument & Instrumentation
Journal title
ISSN journal
0023852X
Volume
105
Issue
7
Year of publication
1995
Part
1
Pages
714 - 716
Database
ISI
SICI code
0023-852X(1995)105:7<714:MNRFTL>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
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.