ReviewActa otorhinolaryngologica Italica : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di otorinolaringologia e chirurgia cervico-facciale2015
Post-laryngectomy voice rehabilitation with voice prosthesis: 15 years experience of the ENT Clinic of University of Catania. Retrospective data analysis and literature review.
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- Bridging the gap: modern pharyngolaryngoesophagectomy techniques and the rise of neoadjuvant/immunotherapy approaches.World journal of surgical oncology · 2026Review
- Communicative Adaptations After Laryngectomy: Syntactic Complexity and Gesture Use.International journal of language & communication disorders · 2026Article
- Evidence-Based Recommendations in Primary Tracheoesophageal Puncture for Voice Prosthesis Rehabilitation.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Analysis of durability and replacement of vocal prostheses in total laryngectomy patients at a head and neck surgery referral center.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2024Article
- The Localisation of a Tracheoesophageal Shunt during Laryn(-gopharyn)gectomy Determines the Risk of Shunt Insufficiency.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
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- Voice-Related Quality of Life in Post-Laryngectomy Rehabilitation: Tracheoesophageal Fistula's Wellness.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Integrated rehabilitation after total laryngectomy: a pilot trial study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2019Article
- Voice prosthesis rehabilitation after total laryngectomy: are satisfaction and quality of life maintained over time?Acta otorhinolaryngologica Italica : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di otorinolaringologia e chirurgia cervico-facciale · 2019Article
- Analysis of Factors Affecting the Longevity of Voice Prosthesis Following Total Laryngectomy with a Review of Literature.Indian journal of surgical oncology · 2018Article
- Excessive anterior cervical muscle tone affects hyoid bone kinetics during swallowing in adults.Clinical interventions in aging · 2017Article
- Psychological intervention improves life quality of patients with laryngeal cancer.Patient preference and adherence · 2017Article
- Feasibility of a bilateral regional sternocleidomastoid muscular flap in the closure of a persistent acquired tracheopharyngeal fistula.BMJ case reports · 2016Article
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Abstract
This study reports our 15-year experience, in Sicily, with the use of voice prostheses, analysing the different variables that have influenced the success or failure of speech rehabilitation. The retrospective clinical analysis was carried out by reviewing the clinical histories of 95 patients with laryngeal cancer, in whom a voice prosthesis had been placed by trachea-oesophageal puncture between 1998 and 2013. Age, type of tumour, type of surgery, use of prior radiation therapy, type of puncture, prosthesis used and its duration, number of replacements, complications and causes for prosthetic success or failure were analysed. The results showed a mean of Harrison-Robillard-Schultz (HRS) TEP rating scale of 11.8 in primary TEP and 12.6 in secondary TEP (P =0.613). PORT did not affect overall rehabilitation success. In these patients, the mean HRS rating scale was 11.2, with long-term success of 85% (P =0.582). In patients over 70 years old, long-term success was 82.5%, with 78% in primary and 86% in secondary TEP, the mean HRS was 11.2 in primary and 12 in secondary TEP (P =0.648). In total, long-term success was 87.5%, with 84% in primary and 91% in secondary TEP. The results obtained by retrospective analysis of 15 years of prosthetic rehabilitation in the Sicilian territory highlighted standard rehabilitation, in terms of intra and postoperative complications, fistula related pathology and overall success.
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