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Voice prosthesis — Our experience

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Malignancy of the larynx is a large group of malignancies in our country. The advanced stage of laryngeal carcinoma requires total laryngectomy which results in loss of speech along with other psychological and functional damages. Following total laryngectomy, tracheo-oesophageal voice prosthesis offers the most reliable form of voice rehabilitation. At S.M.S. Medical College and Hospital, Jaipur 25 patient underwent speech rehabilitation with voice prosthesis between Dec. 2001 to Dec. 2003. Speech rehabilitation was successful in all patients with few problem associated with indwelling prosthesis.

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  1. Medical College and Hospital, Jaipur (Rajasthan)

    Sunita Agarwal, Vibhuti Mohanta, Rekha Harshvardhan & S. P. Srivastava

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Agarwal, S., Mohanta, V., Harshvardhan, R. et al. Voice prosthesis — Our experience. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 58, 358–359 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03049594

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