title: [Solving problems after rehabilitation with voice prostheses : Two rare cases of fistula-related complications].
abstract: During the past three decades, the use of voice prostheses has developed worldwide into the gold standard for voice rehabilitation after total laryngectomy. Insertion of a voice prosthesis is a simple and rapid surgical procedure, which is associated with a low rate of complications. The current article describes the cases of 2 patients showing a rapid development of granulation tissue around the voice fistula, leading to complete incarceration of the prosthesis and subtotal/total stenosis of the neopharynx.
authors.affiliation: HNO-Klinik, Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Ulm, Oberer Eselsberg 40, 89081, Ulm, Deutschland. kai.lorenz@extern.uni-ulm.de.
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Lorenz
authors.affiliation: HNO-Klinik, Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Ulm, Oberer Eselsberg 40, 89081, Ulm, Deutschland.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nolte
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007825:Laryngectomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D007831:Larynx, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D035583:Rare Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D014138:Tracheoesophageal Fistula / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014832:Voice Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation
keywords: Larynx; Leakage; Postoperative complications; Rehabilitation; Voice prosthesis