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Online ISSN : 2185-4696
Print ISSN : 0915-6127
ISSN-L : 0915-6127
Voice Restoration Undergoing Laryngectomy
A Method of Voice Prosthesis
Hirobumi KumazawaYoshinao TsutaKazuhito YoshinagaAkiyo MomodaniTakuya TachikawaSumio OnishiHiroyuki TsujiTomoshige FukutakeToshio Yamashita
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1998 Volume 10 Issue 2 Pages 85-88

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Abstract
Since the introduction of the tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF) technique for restoration of voice in 1983, voice restoration using primary and secondary tracheoesophageal fistula in 83 patients undergoing laryngectomy and 24 post-laryngectomy patients have been performed. The success rate (good voice, fair voice) of the primary voice restoration with TEF was 73% between 1983 and 1985, 90% between 1986 and 1990, and 86% between 1991 and 1995. The success rate (good voice, fair voice) of the secondary voice restoration with TEF was 71% between 1983 and 1995. Our results suggest that the Blom-Singer TEF procedure is a safe, simple and effective means of alaryngeal communication.
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