Voice rehabilitation after near-total laryngectomy.
Near-total laryngectomy provides oncologic control of hypopharyngeal and laryngeal cancers that are not amenable to conservation procedures. The resulting myomucosal shunt provides a prosthesis-free method of voice rehabilitation. This review presents indications, technique, and speech rehabilitation for a near-total laryngectomy.
Kasperbauer
Jan L
JL
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street, SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. kasperbauer.jan@mayo.edu
Thomas
Jack E
JE
D003413:Cricoid Cartilage / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D001239:Inhalation; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D007825:Laryngectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D011788:Quality of Life; D013071:Speech, Alaryngeal; D013066:Speech-Language Pathology; D014139:Tracheostomy; D014833:Voice Quality