Voice restoration after laryngectomy: Experience with the blom-singer extended-wear indwelling tracheoesophageal voice prosthesis

Head and Neck

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 487-493

  Leder, Steven B ^a   Cara Erskine, M ^b,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fungal colonization; Indwelling voice prosthesis; Laryngectomy; Tracheoesophageal voice prosthesis

Indexed keywords

NYSTATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX PROSTHESIS; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEA; VOICE;

EID: 15644372861     PISSN: 01486403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0347(199709)19:6<487::aid-hed5>3.0.co;2-v     Document Type: Article

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