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A one stage surgical technique for postlaryngectomy voice rehabilitation
Author(s) -
Amatsu Mutsuo
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-198008000-00018
Subject(s) - rehabilitation , stage (stratigraphy) , physical medicine and rehabilitation , medicine , psychology , physical therapy , geology , paleontology
A new one‐stage surgical technique for postlaryngectomy speech was applied to 30 patients and its results are described. The essential part of this technique consists of the construction of a tracheoesophageal shunt using the posterior part of the trachea exposed at the time of the laryngectomy to reestablish an air communication between the trachea and the esophagus.