title: Surgical voice rehabilitation after laryngopharyngectomy. Functional results of tracheo-hypopharyngeal shunts by jejunal transplantation.
abstract: For surgical voice rehabilitation after pharyngolaryngectomy we use the technique of placing a siphonlike jejunal interposition in order to create a tracheohypopharyngeal shunt. In this paper we present the functional benefits of this method of voice rehabilitation. The best results achieved are compared with a normal voice using the following test parameters: electroacoustic sound analyses and voice status. The findings show that the siphon voice is adequate for everyday purposes and can achieve useful social verbal communication.
authors.affiliation: 1st ENT Department, University of Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Denk
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Grasl
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Frank
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Deutsch
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ehrenberger
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D006801:Humans; D007013:Hypopharynx / Q000601:surgery; D007583:Jejunum / Q000637:transplantation*; D007825:Laryngectomy / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D010614:Pharynx / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013018:Sound Spectrography; D014132:Trachea / Q000601:surgery; D014833:Voice Quality