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Last updated: 11/24/2009
BOOKS
Algaba, J., ed. Surgery and Prosthetic Voice Restoration after Total and Subtotal Laryngectomy. New York: Excerpta Medica, 1996.
Casper, J. K. and R. H. Colton. Clinical Manual For Laryngectomy And Head/Neck...
Cancer Rehabilitation. Independence, KY: Singular Publishing, 1998.
Singer, M. I. and R. C. Hamaker. Tracheoesophageal Voice Restoration Following Total Laryngectomy. Independence, KY: Singular Publishing, 1998.
Weinstein, G. S., O. Laccourreye, D. Brasnu, and H. Laccourreye. Organ Preservation Surgery For Laryngeal Cancer. Independence, KY: Singular Publishing, 1999.
PERIODICALS
King, A. I., B. E. Stout, and J. K. Ashby. "The Stout prosthesis: an alternate means of restoring speech in selected laryngectomy patients."Ear Nose and Throat Journal 82 (February 2003): 113–116.
Landis, B. N., R. Giger, J. S. Lacroix, and P. Dulguerov. "Swimming, snorkeling, breathing, smelling, and motorcycling after total laryngectomy."American Journal of Medicine 114 (March 2003): 341–342.
Nakahira, M., K. Higashiyama, H. Nakatani, and T. Takeda. "Staple-assisted laryngectomy for intractable aspiration."American Journal of Otolaryngology 24 (January-February 2003): 70–74.
ORGANIZATIONS
American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. One Prince Street, Alexandria, VA 22314. (703) 806-4444.
American Cancer Society. National Headquarters. 1599 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30329. (800) ACS -2345.
Cancer Information Service. National Cancer Institute. Building 31, Room 10A19, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892. (800)4-CANCER.
International Association of Laryngectomees (IAL).
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. National Institutes of Health. 31 Center Drive, MSC 2320, Bethesda, MD 20892-2320.
The Voice Center at Eastern Virginia Medical School. Norfolk, VA 23507.
OTHER
"Laryngectomy: The Operation." The Voice Center.
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Laryngectomy is the removal of the larynx and separation of the airway from the mouth, nose, and esophagus. The laryngectomee breathes through an opening in the neck, a stoma. It is done in cases of laryngeal cancer. However, many laryngeal cancer cases are now treated only with radiation and chemotherapy or other laser procedures, and laryngectomy is performed when those treatments fail to conserve the larynx.
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Adenoid surgery is very safe, but every operation and anaesthetic has a small risk. This is much the same as the risks of everyday life. For example, crossing the road, driving a car, flying in a plane.
-P H Jones
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