Voice restoration with the advantage tracheoesophageal voice prosthesis

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 681-684

  Leder, Steven B ^a   Acton, Lynn M ^a   Kmiecik, Joann ^b   Ganz, Cindy ^c   Blom, Eric D ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d Head and Neck Surgery Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFESPAN; MYCOSIS; PROSTHESIS; STANDARDIZATION; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL VOICE PROSTHESIS; VOICE;

EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; MYCOSES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 27744482595     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2005.08.009     Document Type: Article

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