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8800061

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-10-17
pubmed:abstractText
Near-total laryngectomy provides a functional alternative to total laryngectomy in selected cases of laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancer. We report our experience with the first 49 patients treated with near-total laryngectomy over a 3-year period. Successful speech rehabilitation was obtained in 79.5% of the patients in a median time of 40 days. Speech was acquired in 89.6% of the patients with follow-up longer than 6 months. Hands-free conversation was possible in 51.4% of the speaking patients. Five patients had symptomatic aspiration and 23 developed postoperative pharyngocutaneous fistula. Four local recurrences occurred in the laryngeal remnant. These results confirm that near-total laryngectomy provides a relatively safe, simple, and reproducible speech rehabilitation method for patients in whom total laryngectomy otherwise would be required.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0003-4894
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
105
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
729-33
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-5-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Speech results and complications of near-total laryngectomy.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Otorhinolarygology, La Paz Hospital, Autonomous University, Madrid, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article