Background/objectives: Prosthetic voice rehabilitation after total laryngectomy has proven to be successful in restoring proper speech function in over 90% of patients. The possibility of achieving effective speech using the voice prosthesis is superior to esophageal speech and electrolarynx. Setting: Department of Head and Neck Oncosurgery, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bengaluru. Cas...

UNLABELLED Dysphagia can be a consequence of total laryngectomy even in the absence of symptoms and it could indeed directly or indirectly compromise quality of life. AIM To evaluate the characteristics of swallowing after total laryngectomy and pharyngolaryngectomy with pharyngeal T closure, correlating them with the Quality of Life in Swallowing Disorders questionnaire. METHODS A prospect...

For this study, we determined the quality of life (QOL) in individuals who had undergone total laryngectomy (TL) and who used tracheoesophageal (TE) speech as their primary method of postlaryngectomy communication. We also descriptively compared present QOL outcomes with those found in an extension of the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) Laryngeal Cancer Study. Thirty laryngectomized men wi...

INTRODUCTION Articulation of pronounced sounds during the training and subsequent use of esophageal speech is very important because it contributes significantly to intelligibility and aesthetics of spoken words and sentences, as well as of speech and language itself. The aim of this research was to determine the quality of articulation of sounds of Serbian language by groups of sounds in patie...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Assessment of immediate postoperative airway humidification after total laryngectomy (TLE), comparing the use of an external humidifier (EH) with humidification through a heat and moisture exchanger (HME). STUDY DESIGN Randomized controlled trial (RCT). METHODS Fifty-three patients were randomized into the standard (control) EH (N = 26) or the experimental HME arm (N =...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE Total laryngectomy leads to pulmonary problems such as excessive sputum production, forced expectoration and increased coughing. The use of a heat and moisture exchanger (Provox(®) HME) reduces these symptoms. The aim of this study was to quantify chronic adherence to HME use in laryngectomized patients. METHODS A prospective study of 115 patients laryngectomized at...

BACKGROUND A follow-up schedule to detect asymptomatic cancer recurrence is offered to all patients with laryngeal cancer. In this study, the therapeutic options, prognosis, and morbidity of patients with total laryngectomy, who were found to have cancer recurrence during this follow-up schedule were determined. METHODS Patients who had undergone a total laryngectomy between January 1, 1990, ...

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 demons...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to use time trade-off to assess the factors influencing patients' decisions in advanced laryngeal cancer. Time trade-off is a well-established method of assessing how individuals value a particular health state. METHODS We developed vignettes depicting life after chemoradiotherapy or laryngectomy. One hundred fourteen participants ranked them, assigned...

BACKGROUND The impact of a total laryngectomy on an individual's life has primarily been measured from a male viewpoint reflecting the demographics of a diagnosis of laryngeal cancer. A small number of studies have looked specifically at females, but very few are comparison studies. Consequently, there is little consistent research regarding any potential gender differences. AIMS To investiga...