Organ loss due to late-stage cancer is a heavy burden on both the patient and the health care system. Total laryngectomy in patients with advanced laryngeal or hypopharyngeal carcinoma is lifesaving, ...

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate voice rehabilitation after laryngectomy and postoperative irradiation for patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx and hypopharynx.

Despite findings of previous studies and published guidelines, nearly two-thirds of patients with T4a larynx ("voice box") cancer are not receiving a total laryngectomy (surgical removal of the larynx ...

Laryngectomy is a surgical procedure performed to remove the entire larynx or parts of it under general anesthesia. Surgical voice restoration procedures are performed on patients undergoing total ...

(HealthDay)—About one-third of patients undergoing total laryngectomy (TL) have complications and 13.9 percent are readmitted within 30 days, according to a study published online Dec. 27 in Cancer.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A majority of patients with T4a larynx cancer received larynx preservation chemoradiation rather than the ...

Despite findings of previous studies and published guidelines, nearly two-thirds of patients with T4a larynx ('voice box') cancer are not receiving a total laryngectomy (surgical removal of the larynx ...

The randomized cross-over clinical trial assessed the new Provox® Life™ System for pulmonary rehabilitation and quality of life after total laryngectomy. A clinical study 1 funded by Atos Medical, a ...

A laryngectomy is a major surgery that is done to remove your voice box, or larynx. Your larynx is the part of your throat that contains your voice box. It’s located at the upper end of your windpipe ...

To the Editor: With regard to the implantation of an artificial larynx reported by Debry et al. in their letter (Jan. 5 issue), 1 we have some concerns. First, on the basis of our experience with ...