Use of a "hands-free" tracheostoma valve in patients with laryngectomy and tracheoesophageal puncture

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 565-570

  Roxburgh, Jocelyn ^a,b,c   Perry, Alison ^a,b,c  

^a La Trobe University ^*

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Monarch Medical   (Australia)

Author keywords

Laryngectomy; Speech; Tracheal air pressure; Tracheoesophageal puncture; Tracheostoma valve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LARYNGECTOMY; MALE; NECK; PREDICTION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; TRACHEOSTOMY; TRAINING;

EID: 3142617893     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940411300710     Document Type: Article

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