Surgical voice rehabilitation after laryngopharyngectomy. Functional results of tracheo-hypopharyngeal shunts by jejunal transplantation.
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.
Denk
D M
DM
1st ENT Department, University of Vienna, Austria.
Grasl
M C
MC
Frank
F
F
Deutsch
W
W
Ehrenberger
K
K
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