Tracheo-oesophageal party wall thickness in laryngectomised patients in India: Implications for surgical voice restoration

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 78-83

  Sayed, Suhail I ^a   Manikantan, Kapila ^a   Khode, Shailesh ^a   Jagade, Mohan ^a   Kasbekar, Vimal G ^a   Shah, Rajen ^a   Palav, Rajen S ^a   Nutting, Chris M ^b   Harrington, Kevin J ^b   Rhys Evans, Peter ^b   Kazi, Rehan ^b  

^a SIR J J GROUP OF HOSPITALS   (India)

^b Head and Neck Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Laryngectomy; Rehabilitation; Tracheo oesophageal voice prosthesis; Voice restoration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX CARCINOMA; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; THICKNESS; TRACHEA; VOICE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRACHEA;

EID: 74049162400     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.21427     Document Type: Article

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