Safety and Efficacy of Primary vs. Secondary Tracheo-Esophageal Puncture (TEP) for the Insertion of Voice Prosthesis

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  • Corrado Bozzo
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The success of restoring vocal communication in total laryngectomees has improved significantly after the introduction of the trachea-oesophageal puncture (TEP) and insertion of voice prosthesis (VP) as first described by Singer and Blom in 1980; the procedure has progressively gained popularity to be universally recognised as a routine procedure for speech restoration after total laryngectomy [1].

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تاریخ انتشار 2017