A decade of postlaryngectomy vocal rehabilitation in 318 patients: A single institution's experience with consistent application of Provox indwelling voice prostheses

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1320-1328

  Op De Caul, B M R ^a   Hilgers, F J M ^a   Balm, A J M ^a   Tan, I B ^a   Van Den Hoogen, F J A ^b   Van Tinteren, H ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX PROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SPEECH REHABILITATION; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; TREATMENT INDICATION; VOICE;

EID: 17544365994     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.126.11.1320     Document Type: Article

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