Voice following laryngeal cancer surgery: Troubleshooting common problems after tracheoesophageal voice restoration

Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 597-612

  Bunting, Glenn W ^a,b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MGH INSTITUTE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM; BREATHING PATTERN; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLEANING; FOLLOW UP; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX CANCER; LARYNX PROSTHESIS; LARYNX SURGERY; NECK CANCER; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REVIEW; SPEECH; SPEECH REHABILITATION; SPEECH THERAPY; STOMA; SURGEON; SURVIVAL TIME; SWALLOWING; TISSUE NECROSIS; TRACHEOTOMY; VOICE;

BIOFILMS; DILATATION; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX, ARTIFICIAL; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PUNCTURES; SPEECH, ESOPHAGEAL; TRACHEOSTOMY; VOICE DISORDERS;

EID: 2542440565     PISSN: 00306665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otc.2004.01.007     Document Type: Review

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