Olfaction through oral tracheal breathing tube.
Cancer of the larynx has approximately a 90% cure rate if detected early. Advanced lesions are treated surgically by removing the larynx and creating a stoma that joins the trachea. Although speech can be learned, the patient's ability to smell is permanently interrupted. This technique article describes fabrication of a simple device that permits olfaction by a laryngectomee.
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Wilford Hall U.S. Air Force Medical Center, San Antonio, Tex.
Williams
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D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007440:Intubation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D007825:Laryngectomy; D012903:Smell; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000295:instrumentation*