title: Outcome of pregnancy and childbirth following laryngectomy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Pregnancy and delivery in two laryngectomized women.
  
  
  RESULTS
  One woman had a pregnancy complicated by hypothyroidism and stenosis of the tracheostoma, she was delivered by cesarean section. The other had an uneventful pregnancy and a spontaneous vaginal delivery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Individualized handling of the delivery. By modifying the technique of bearing down spontaneous vaginal delivery is possible.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Bergen, Norway.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Albrechtsen
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Julseth
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Olofsson
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dalaker
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002585:Cesarean Section; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D007825:Laryngectomy; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D014139:Tracheostomy; D014621:Vagina