Complications of pharyngeal myotomy for alaryngeal voice rehabilitation.
Over the eight-year period to May 1991, 256 patients were referred for post-laryngectomy voice rehabilitation. Videofluoroscopy identified 81 (32 per cent) who required pharyngeal myotomy for a spastic pharyngo-oesophageal segment. Forty-two of these (37 male, 5 female and average age 63 years) had their surgery performed at this unit with a complication rate of 17 per cent and an average post-operative stay of 10 days (range 4-41 days). The place of the operation for pharyngeal myotomy in post-laryngectomy voice rehabilitation is discussed.
Scott
P M
PM
Department of Speech Therapy, Charing Cross Hospital, Hammersmith, London.
Bleach
N R
NR
Perry
A R
AR
Cheesman
A D
AD
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010608:Pharyngeal Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D010609:Pharyngeal Muscles / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013071:Speech, Alaryngeal / Q000379:methods*