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Effect of the Laryngectomy Method on the Burden of Caregivers of Patients with Laryngeal Cancer

open access: yesİstanbul Medical Journal, 2015
Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the stress status of the caregivers of patients who have undergone total and partial laryngectomy.Methods: Sixty patients who underwent total and partial laryngectomy and 60 caregivers of these patients
Zerrin Binbay   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Open Maximal Mucosa-Sparing Functional Total Laryngectomy

open access: yesFrontiers in Surgery, 2017
BackgroundTotal laryngectomy after (chemo)radiotherapy is associated with a high incidence of fistula and therefore flaps are advocated. The description of a transoral robotic total laryngectomy prompted us to develop similar minimally invasive open ...
Pavel Dulguerov   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Elective hemithyroidectomy during total laryngectomy [PDF]

open access: yesIranian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, 2009
Introduction: Routine hemithyroidectomy during total laryngectomy in the setting of advanced stage of laryngeal carcinoma without clear thyroid involvement remains a controversial issue.
Soheyla Nikakhlagh   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Changes in eating habits following total and frontolateral laryngectomy

open access: yesSão Paulo Medical Journal
CONTEXT: Swallowing is a continuous dynamic process, characterized by complex stages, that involves structures of the oral cavity, pharynx, larynx and esophagus. It can be divided into three phases: oral, pharyngeal and esophageal.
Jackeline Pillon   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Total laryngectomy in a cat with a laryngeal peripheral nerve sheath tumor [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Objective: To report the surgical technique and outcome of total laryngectomy in a single clinical case. Study Design: Case report. Animal: A 5-year-old female spayed domestic shorthair cat.
Durand, Alexane   +11 more
core   +1 more source

Patients using antifungals following laryngectomy: A qualitative study of community pharmacists in the North of England [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
OBJECTIVE: To explore community pharmacists' understanding and opinions in relation to the prevention of fungal colonisation of voice prostheses amongst laryngectomy patients.
Husband, AK   +8 more
core   +1 more source

The application of TORS – into the larynx

open access: yesJournal 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
doaj   +1 more source

Surgical emphysema as an early sign for pharyngocutaneous fistula following total laryngectomy: a case report

open access: yesThe Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology, 2021
Background Pharyngocutaneous fistula is the most common and troublesome complication after total laryngectomy. Many factors may be used in laryngectomy patients for the early diagnosis of pharyngocutaneous fistulae such as skin flap edema, neck erythema,
Ahmed Amin Nassar, Hazem Othman Ibrahim
doaj   +1 more source

Do proton pump inhibitors reduce the incidence of pharyngocutaneous fistulae following total laryngectomy? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references.Pharyngocutaneous fistula is a common complication of total laryngectomy. We hypothesised that perioperative proton pump inhibitor (PPI) treatment could reduce the incidence of pharyngocutaneous ...
Stephenson, Katherine Anna
core   +1 more source

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