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Research Articles Supplement 2 · 2018 · pp. 37–44 · Issue page

PRIMARY VOICE REHABILITATION FOLLOWING TOTAL LARYNGECTOMY-OUR EXPERIENCE

ȘE
Șerban BERTEŞTEANU1
CA
Catrinel ANTONIE-SIMION2
RA
Raluca GRIGORE3
BO
Bogdan POPESCU4
PA
Paula PASCU5
GL
Gloria MUNTEANU6
AN
Anca CÎRSTEA7
MI
Mihnea CONDEESCU8
AM
Amer OTHMAN9
VL
Vlad-Dumitru BĂLEANU10
BO
Bogdan SOCEA11
1 Coltea Clinical Hospital ENT department (ROMANIA); University of General Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila, Bucharest (ROMANIA)
2 Coltea Clinical Hospital ENT department (ROMANIA)
3 Emergency Hospital Sf Pantelimon, Bucharest; University of General Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila, Bucharest (ROMANIA)
4 Coltea Clinical Hospital ENT department (ROMANIA); University of General Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila, Bucharest (ROMANIA)
5 Coltea Clinical Hospital ENT department (ROMANIA)
6 Coltea Clinical Hospital ENT department (ROMANIA)
7 Coltea Clinical Hospital ENT department (ROMANIA)
8 Coltea Clinical Hospital ENT department (ROMANIA)
9 Coltea Clinical Hospital ENT department (ROMANIA)
10 Emergency Hospital Sf Pantelimon, Bucharest; University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, 2 Petru Rares Str., 200349, Craiova, Romania
11 Emergency Hospital Sf Pantelimon, Bucharest
Corresponding author: [email protected]
Accepted 28 March 2026
Available Online 15 September 2018
Abstract
DESPITE THE MODERN TECHIQUES OF CONSERVATIVE SURGERY AND RADIATION THERAPY, TOTAL LARINGECTOMY REMAINS A CURATIVE AND NECESARY INTERVENTION FOR PATIENTS THAT SUFFER FROM LARYNGEAL CANCER. THESE PATIENTS HAVE A GOOD OVERALL SURVIVAL, BUT THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE CAN BE VERY LOW AS THEY OFTEN HAVE DIFFICULTIES IN COMMUNICATING, SWALLOWING AND SOCIAL REINTEGRATION. THE PHYSICIAN ALONG WITH THE TEAM OF SPEECH THERAPIST, PSYCHOLOGIST AND ONCOLOGIST NEED TO HELP THE PATIENT IN VOICE, DEGLUTITION, OLFACTORY AND PULMONARY REHABILITATION IN ORDER TO HAVE THE BEST RESULTS. IN OUR CLINIC, WHICH IS AN ONCOLOGICAL CENTER, IN THE LAST YEAR, THERE HAVE BEEN PERFORMED 230 PROCEDURES OF TOTAL LARYNGECTOMY FOR PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM T3 TO T4 LARYNGEAL CANCER, WITH NECK DISSECTION ACCORDING TO THE TNM CLASSIFICATION. 70 PATIENTS BENEFIT FROM PRIMARY VOICE REHABILITATION WITH VOCAL PROSTHESIS. ALMOST ALL OF THEM HAD GOOD RESULTS, BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE EASILY.
Keywords
VOICE REHABILITATION TOTAL LARYNGECTOMY VOCAL PROSTHESIS
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