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Retrieval of an aspirated voice prosthesis in the awake laryngectomised patient
3 March 2021
| Guled M Jama, Tanvir Duhra, Daniel Gjoni, Yogesh M Bhatt
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ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
In this article, the authors describe a simple and effective technique for extracting an aspirated voice prosthesis from within the tracheobronchial tree in the awake laryngectomised patient using the Ambu® aScopeTM 4 Broncho endoscope. Surgical voice restoration remains the dominant...
Management of stage IV pharyngolaryngeal lesions
This is a retrospective study of 63 patients presenting with stage four laryngeal and/or hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. The aim was to define the factors influencing the oncological and functional outcomes of the patients. All patients had T4 lesions with...New Exclusive Distributors for Romet Laryngectomee Products
28 March 2022
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Contracts & Distributors
Tom Dodson President of Romet Electronic Larynx proudly announces that Romet has entered exclusive distribution arrangements for all Romet Laryngectomee products in Vietnam and Mexico.
From patient to performer
Peter Cawrey lives in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, with his wife Dorothy. He had a salvage laryngectomy for squamous cell carcinoma in 2015, three years following his initial radiotherapy. Due to complications and a complex recovery, he has elected not to have...Romet announces new distributor in UK & Ireland. Additional distributors sought globally.
Tommy R. Dodson, President of Fountain Head Marketing dba Romet Electronic Larynx, is pleased to announce that Severn Healthcare Technologies Limited has been selected to become the exclusive authorised distributor of Romet branded electronic larynx devices in the UK & Ireland.Supracricoid laryngectomy revisited
In this article, the authors report on the long-term (five- and 10-year) survival, local recurrence rate and cause of death in a cohort of 46 patients with T3M0N0 glottic carcinoma undergoing supracricoid laryngectomy. The five- and 10-year survival were 78%...Romet Electronic Larynx
14 April 2021
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Company Profiles, Contracts & Distributors
Romet Electronic Larynx is the oldest family-owned and operated supplier of Electronic Larynx devices in the world.
The Laryngectomee Guide
As a Macmillan Head and Neck Specialist Nurse, I was very pleased to be asked to review this book, The Laryngectomee Guide, by Itzhak Brook, MD. It is fair to say that for most laryngectomy patients, life does go on...Chocolates for laryngectomees
When The Chocolate Line in Bruges, Belgium, was approached by the charity, Shout at Cancer, there was always going to be something very special and innovative in the pipeline! Shout at Cancer’s Thomas Moors has been chatting with Julius Persoone,...Vascularised tissue in salvage total laryngectomy
1 September 2014
| Mark Puvanendran
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Salvage laryngectomy, free flaps, pedicled flaps, pharyngocutaneous fistula, reconstruction, recurrent laryngeal cancer
Chemoradiation (CRT) has become the mainstay for locally advanced laryngeal cancer since the RTOG 91-11 trial. Unfortunately there is still a substantial demand for salvage laryngectomies, which have a higher complication rate, the most notable being pharyngocutaneous fistula (PCF). Several...
Themistocles Gluck – the true father of laryngectomy
7 May 2021
| Benedikt J Folz
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ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Most head and neck surgeons and ENT-specialists may know that the first laryngectomy for cancer was performed by Billroth on 31 December 1873. Billroth´s assistant, Vincenz Czerny, had outlined the operation in experimental surgery on dogs in 1870. Three years...
Predicting the need for salvage laryngectomy
2 November 2020
| Diana Bhasker
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ENTA-Head & Neck
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chemotherapy, head and neck cancer, machine learning, radiation therapy, salvage laryngectomy
The treatment of laryngeal cancer has seen a shift towards organ preservation strategies with non-surgical treatment offering equivalent survival outcomes. Nonetheless, salvage total laryngectomy (SLT) remains an important curative management option in cases of treatment failure or recurrence. The authors...