Voice prosthesis rehabilitation after total laryngectomy: are satisfaction and quality of life maintained over time?
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The 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, ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Otorhinolaryngologica Italica
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1827-675X
DOI: 10.14639/0392-100x-2227