Total Laryngectomy
Linear Stapler in Total Laryngectomy
... after total laryngectomy allows rapid wa- tertight ...tal laryngectomy using linear stapler device treated in IPOLFG from 2005 to ...in total laryngectomy is a simple and quick ...
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Sonographic Findings of the Neopharynx after Total Laryngectomy: Comparison with CT
... RESULTS: The neopharynx appears as a round or ovoid structure on imaging studies. On sonograms, the neopharyngeal wall has five layers of alternating echogenicity: an innermost hyperechoic layer of superficial mucosa, an ...
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Pharyngocutaneous Fistula Following Total Laryngectomy in Sokoto, Northwestern Nigeria
... A pharyngocutaneous fistula is defined as a frankly draining salivary tract from the neopharynx to the skin requiring either wound packing or surgical management [5]. PCF is the most common complication after a ...
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Assessing whether EORTC QLQ-30 and FACT-G measure the same constructs of quality of life in patients with total laryngectomy
... generic, multidimensional and originally designed to as- sess QOL in patients with all types of cancer and are not specifically introduced for head and neck cancer. In general, the EORTC QLQ-C30 restricts its items to ...
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Gender differences in health-related quality of life following total laryngectomy
... including total ablation of the ...instances total laryngectomy is still undertaken for malignancies that do not respond to pre-operative chemotherapy, in cases where there is disease recurrence ...
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Peri-operative factors predisposing to pharyngocutaneous fistula after total laryngectomy: analysis of a large multi-institutional patient cohort
... undergoing total laryngectomy (primary or salvage) – was isolated using Current Procedural Ter- minology (CPT) ...codes. Total laryngectomy procedures were categorized by one of two CPT codes: ...
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Early Oral Feeding Following Total Laryngectomy
... underwent total laryngectomy for a malignant tumor of the larynx were included in the study and those who had previously been operated and patients who had been laryngectomized for intractable aspiration, ...
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Heat and moisture exchanger use reduces in-hospital complications following total laryngectomy: a case–control study
... Background: Total laryngectomy (TL) is an appropriate oncologic operation for many patients with laryngeal cancer delivering excellent oncologic outcomes, however it remains beset with significant ...
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The electrolarynx: voice restoration after total laryngectomy
... a total laryngectomy (TL), loss of voice can lead to a devastating decrease in a patient’s quality of life, and precipitate significant frustration over their inability to communicate with others ...
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The Quality of Life of Patients After Total Laryngectomy
... groups: total laryngectomy (n= 111), near- total laryngectomy (n= 38), and partial laryngectomy (n= ...undergone total laryngectomy had a status better than group, which ...
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Voice restoration following total laryngectomy by tracheoesophageal prosthesis: Effect on patients' quality of life and voice handicap in Jordan
... This study is the first report of QOL and voice handicap for Jordanian speakers following total laryngectomy. An important component of this study was that pre- and post-TE puncture quality of life scores ...
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Matched-pair analysis of survival in the patients with T3 laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma treated with supracricoid partial laryngectomy or total laryngectomy
... In the current cohort study, one-to-one match was paired for the patients treated with SCPL or TL surgical procedures. The matching variables were influencing factors including age ( ± 5 years), gender (male or female), ...
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Voice Outcomes Post Total Laryngectomy
... and laryngectomy may attain higher agreement than SLTs with only a head and neck oncology background, assumedly due to more stable internalised representations of tracheoesophageal ...
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Supracricoid partial laryngectomy with cricohyoidoepiglottopexy in patients with radiation therapy failure
... Radiotherapy continues to be the most frequently used treatment for glottic carcinoma of the larynx in many oncological centers; however, at our institution we have recently instituted changes to this approach by more ...
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Modified supracricoid laryngectomy: oncological and functional outcomes in the elderly
... cordectomy. Total laryngectomy was performed as salvage ...received total laryngectomy and mono- lateral selective neck dissection, and negative nodes were found during histological ...
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DIRC3 and near NABP1 genetic polymorphisms are associated laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma patient survival
... A total of 170 male LSCC patients (average age, ...with total laryngectomy, poor differentiation, T3- T4 stage, N1-N2 stage or III-IV TNM stage had reduced ...
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Thyroid Cartilage Chondrosarcoma Review: Management and Prognosis of a Rare Tumor
... A total of 47 cases have been described in the literature, and 35 of these include suf- ficient data for statistical ...A total of 13 cases described an extension of the tumor beyond the thyroid ...Partial ...
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A Combination of Endoscopic CO2 Laser Microsurgery and Radiotherapy for Treatment of T2N0M0 Glottic Carcinoma
... low-dose carboplatin chemoradiotherapy). Main outcome measures were local control, organ preservation, recurrence, 5-year survival, and successful salvage in cases of recurrence. We evaluated the patient’s voice with the ...
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Comparison of survival between radiation therapy and trans-oral laser microsurgery for early glottic cancer patients; a retrospective cohort study
... Methods: Charts of patients who were diagnosed with early glottic cancer between 2006 and 2013 were reviewed. Seventy-five patients were identified, and split into 2 groups based on their primary treatment, trans-oral ...
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Asymmetric Mineralization of the Arytenoid Cartilages in Patients without Laryngeal Cancer
... Several CT findings have been used to identify cartilage invasion: cartilage sclerosis, lysis, erosion, irregular contour, and cartilage blowout. 12,13 Becker et al 12 reported that isolated arytenoid cartilage sclerosis ...
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