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.

For patients with head and neck cancer who undergo salvage laryngectomy, postoperative hypothyroidism is predictive of wound-healing complications after surgery, according to new findings. In a ...

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 ...

A combined computerized and hand search of the medical (MEDLINE, Cancerlit), psychological (health and psychosocial instruments), and nursing (CINAHL) literature (1968 to April 2002) was used to ...

A tracheostomy tube helps you breathe after tracheotomy surgery, which creates a stoma (an opening) in your neck. A laryngectomy tube keeps a stoma open during healing. Tracheotomy and laryngectomy ...

Hospitals in the top-volume quintile (>28 cases per year) were associated with decreased odds of in-hospital mortality (odds ratio, 0.45), postoperative surgical complications (odds ratio, 0.63), and ...

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.