Conservation, restoration and rehabilitation of voice in treating patients with carcinoma of the larynx. A 10-year review of 244 patients.
We reviewed clinical records of 244 patients with carcinoma of the larynx treated during the 10 years from 1971 to 1980 in the Department of Otolaryngology, Kurume University Hospital. Of the 244 patients, 111 patients (45.5%) were treated with their voice conserved and 133 underwent total laryngectomy. In the latter, information on the modality of speech communication was obtained from 73 patients. Forty-nine (67%) of these 73 patients was able to speak by some means but the remaining 24 (33%) had no means to speak.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D007825:Laryngectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013071:Speech, Alaryngeal; D014834:Voice Training