Voice reconstruction using the free ileocolon flap versus the pneumatic artificial larynx: a comparison of patients' preference and experience following laryngectomy

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1269-1275

  Chen, Hung Chi ^a   Mardini, Samir ^a   Yang, Chih Wei ^a  

^a I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Body image; Free tissue transfer; Ileocolon; Laryngectomy; Quality of life; Social adjustment; Speech rehabilitation; Tracheo oesophageal fistula; Voice reconstruction; Voice tube shunt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; ILEUM; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX PROSTHESIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF ESTEEM; SPEECH; SPEECH REHABILITATION; SWALLOWING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANXIETY; COLON; DEGLUTITION; DEPRESSION; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ILEUM; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPEECH, ALARYNGEAL; SURGICAL FLAPS; TRACHEA;

EID: 33750977853     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2006.06.005     Document Type: Article

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