A tracheostomy tube helps you breathe after tracheotomy surgery, which creates a stoma (an opening) in your neck. A laryngectomy tube keeps a stoma open during healing. Tracheotomy and laryngectomy ...

Laryngectomy is a procedure to remove a part of, or all of, the larynx. A person may need this procedure to remove tumors from the larynx. A surgeon may perform a partial laryngectomy and remove part ...

Organ loss due to late-stage cancer is a heavy burden on both the patient and the health care system. Total laryngectomy in patients with advanced laryngeal or hypopharyngeal carcinoma is lifesaving, ...

Laryngectomy is a surgical procedure performed to remove the entire larynx or parts of it under general anesthesia. Surgical voice restoration procedures are performed on patients undergoing total ...

(HealthDay)—Current laryngectomy-related patient education materials are too difficult for an average American adult to understand, according to a study published online Aug. 16 in Head & Neck. Kevin ...

HealthDay News — Laryngectomy outcomes appear to be associated with hospital volume for such cases, according to a study published online November 21 in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery.

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate voice rehabilitation after laryngectomy and postoperative irradiation for patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx and hypopharynx.

After having your voice box removed (laryngectomy) you will lose your voice. This can be difficult to cope with in the beginning. Your speech and language therapist will show you different ways of ...

SYSTEM AT THE TIME. THE FBI SAYS IT’S LOOKING FOR THIS IOWA MAN ACCUSED OF DEFRAUDING PEOPLE OF MORE THAN $1.5 MILLION, THE BUREAU SAYS WILLIAM JACK BERG DEFRAUDED MORE THAN A DOZEN CLIENTS IN AN ...

A laryngectomy is a major surgery that is done to remove your voice box, or larynx. Your larynx is the part of your throat that contains your voice box. It’s located at the upper end of your windpipe ...