Development and clinical evaluation of a second-generation voice prosthesis (Provox®2), designed for anterograde and retrograde insertion

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 889-896

  Hilgers, Frans J M ^a   Ackerstaff, Annemieke H ^a   Balm, Alfons J M ^a   Bing Tan, I ^a   Aaronson, Neil K ^a   Persson, Jan Ove ^b  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b Atos Medical ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Prosthetic voice rehabilitation; Total laryngectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX PROSTHESIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; SPEECH REHABILITATION; STOMA; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; VOICE;

EID: 0030666588     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016489709114220     Document Type: Article

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