The influence of radiotherapy on the lifetime of silicone rubber voice prostheses in laryngectomized patients

Laryngoscope

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1680-1683

  Elving, G Jolanda ^a,b   van Weissenbruch, Ranny ^b   Busscher, Henk J ^a   van der Mei, Henny C ^a   Albers, Frans W J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Laryngectomy; Radiotherapy; Saliva; Voice prostheses

Indexed keywords

SILASTIC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX CANCER; LARYNX PROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VOICE;

EID: 0036725591     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200209000-00028     Document Type: Article

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