title: [Comparison of the state of acceptance by patients after total and partial laryngectomy].
abstract: In this study authors asked about 400 patients (or their families) after surgery procedures because of larynx carcinoma. The questions was connected with acceptance the postoperative state. We collected 170 answers on the question, 137 from patients after total laryngectomy and 33 after partial laryngectomy. On of the question exactly sounded: how patients accepted their postoperative state? They had 3 answers: not content, agreed with the injury or content with the treatment. The results was very astonished: from extreme discontent patients to very satisfied. The most acceptable from the patients point of view is the partial laryngectomy. Even if that sparing operation is enough for some time patient is more satisfied than after total laryngectomy. The acceptance for the total operation is lower, but grows together with a time alive's. The important conditions of acceptance the injuries after the total operations are the awareness of the threats because of the condition, the possibilities of the treatment and it's choice and the knowledge about a rehabilitations after surgery and possibilities to achieve it. The acceptance of the injuries depends on the acceptance this patients by society.
authors.affiliation: Oddział Laryngologii Szpitala Wojewódzkiego w Zielonej Górze.
authors.forename: Witold
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Dutkiewicz
authors.forename: Witold
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Iciek
authors.forename: Witold
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Staniewicz
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jabłońska
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery*; D007825:Laryngectomy / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome