Co-designing laryngectomy accessible information to support the development of an education and training package for community healthcare professionals: experiences and reflections from multiple stakeholders [PDF]
Research Involvement and EngagementBackground Laryngectomy is complete surgical removal of the voice-box, resulting in permanent and life-changing functional and physical alterations for people and their families.
Laura-Jayne Watson +9 more
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Incidence, severity, and risk factors of early postoperative complications in laryngectomy patients: a retrospective analysis [PDF]
Discover OncologyPurpose To determine the incidence, severity and risk factors of complications in patients undergoing laryngectomy. Methods 433 patients with hypopharyngeal and laryngeal carcinomas who underwent laryngectomies from February 2023 to October 2023 were ...
Meiqin Shi +6 more
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A Voice Conversion System from Electrolarynx Speech to Preoperative Patient's Speech for Total Laryngectomy [PDF]
OTO OpenLaryngectomy is a life‐changing procedure typically performed as a surgical treatment for patients with head and neck cancer. Voice conversion (VC) is a technology that converts one voice into another without changing the linguistic information. Recently,
Naoki Nishio +5 more
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Quality of life after Supracricoid Partial Laryngectomy
Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 2021 Background Supracricoid partial laryngectomy has good oncologic results in the treatment of advanced laryngeal cancer with the advantage of preserving larynx phonatory function when compared with total laryngectomy.
Marianne Yumi Nakai +6 more
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Characteristics of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in patients with partial laryngectomy
Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology, 2021 Objectives The impacts of partial laryngectomy on sleep‐disordered breathing were rarely investigated and reported in a limited number of patients. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea‐hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) in
Duc Trung Nguyen +5 more
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Low survival of advanced laryngeal cancers: Time to change the treatment regime?
Journal of Head & Neck Physicians and Surgeons, 2019 Background: This study aimed to detect the survival outcome of patients who underwent primary laryngectomy in comparison to the salvage total laryngectomy at our institution. Methodology: A retrospective analysis of patients who underwent laryngectomy in
Sandeep Vijay +4 more
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OTO Open, 2020 This study sought to improve nursing staff understanding regarding the differences in postoperative management between patients who have undergone tracheostomy and laryngectomy. The intervention involved a brief didactic session followed by the placement
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Quality of Life with Voice Prosthesis after Total Laryngectomy [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, 2021 Introduction: The loss of voice after total laryngectomy is one of the main impairments in personal and social life. In order to prevent potential psycho-social consequences in the patient and his family, the restoration of phonatory function is the main
Nicola Massaro +5 more
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The application of TORS – into the larynx
Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2020 Laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma is one of the most common head and neck cancer, and it occurs more commonly in men than in women. The thought of losing phonatory and swallowing function has become the driving force of advancements in laryngeal cancer ...
Arkadiusz Standyło +5 more
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Comparison of Swallowing Act Videofluoroscopy after Open and Laser Partial Supraglottic Laryngectomy [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, 2018 Introduction: The aim of this study was to compare the functional outcomes of swallowing act detected by videofluoroscopy of two different techniques in the treatment of laryngeal carcinoma.
Mario Bilic +3 more
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