title: [Long-term experiences with the Asai and Staffieri methods of voice rehabilitation after laryngectomy: a comparative study].
abstract: Follow up of 45 patients who had undergone a surgical voice rehabilitation by Asai's or Staffieri's method showed clearly that the main problem of such operations is not the restoration of a good voice but the guarantee of a normal swallow. The low position of the tracheo-pharyngeal fistula in Staffieri's operation is particularly disadvantageous and often requires surgical closure of the neoglottis. A strict pre-operative assessment is indicated before all operative methods for voice rehabilitation. Oesophageal speech remains the best voice after laryngectomy and operative reconstruction is relegated to second place.
authors: Universitäts-HNO-Klinik Essen.
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Minnigerode
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Arnhold-Schneider
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Polyzoidis
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007831:Larynx, Artificial / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D013071:Speech, Alaryngeal / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D013072:Speech, Esophageal; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Langzeit-Erfahrungen mit der Methode von Asai und von Staffieri zur Wiederherstellung der Stimme nach Laryngektomie: eine vergleichende Untersuchung.