Surgical voice restoration with the Blom-Singer prosthesis following laryngopharyngoesophagectomy and pharyngogastric anastomosis. 1991

N Bleach, and A Perry, and A Cheesman
Department of ENT Surgery, Charing Cross Hospital, London, England.

Surgical voice restoration using the Blom-Singer technique is a well-established procedure in patients who have undergone simple laryngectomy. Operations for hypopharyngeal carcinoma are more extensive and require reconstruction using regional skin or myocutaneous flaps, or reanastomosis with colon, jejunum, or stomach. We report the use of the Blom-Singer prosthesis in four patients who had undergone pharyngogastric repair following laryngopharyngoesophagectomy and who had failed to achieve a satisfactory voice. All patients initially developed good speech using the prosthesis. Two patients subsequently had their prostheses removed: one because of recurrent malignant disease and one because the procedure had not significantly altered the quality of the voice. The remaining two patients have continued to use the device at 2 and 5 years after insertion with good voice production.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007825 Laryngectomy Total or partial excision of the larynx. Laryngectomies
D007831 Larynx, Artificial A device, activated electronically or by expired pulmonary air, which simulates laryngeal activity and enables a laryngectomized person to speak. Examples of the pneumatic mechanical device are the Tokyo and Van Hunen artificial larynges. Electronic devices include the Western Electric electrolarynx, Tait oral vibrator, Cooper-Rand electrolarynx and the Ticchioni pipe. Artificial Larynx,Laryngeal Prosthesis,Voice Prosthesis,Artificial Larynges,Laryngeal Prostheses,Larynges, Artificial,Prostheses, Laryngeal,Prostheses, Voice,Prosthesis, Laryngeal,Prosthesis, Voice,Voice Prostheses
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D010610 Pharyngeal Neoplasms Tumors or cancer of the PHARYNX. Cancer of Pharynx,Pharyngeal Cancer,Cancer of the Pharynx,Neoplasms, Pharyngeal,Neoplasms, Pharynx,Pharnyx Cancer,Pharynx Neoplasms,Cancer, Pharnyx,Cancer, Pharyngeal,Cancers, Pharnyx,Cancers, Pharyngeal,Neoplasm, Pharyngeal,Neoplasm, Pharynx,Pharnyx Cancers,Pharyngeal Cancers,Pharyngeal Neoplasm,Pharynx Cancer,Pharynx Cancers,Pharynx Neoplasm
D004947 Esophagus The muscular membranous segment between the PHARYNX and the STOMACH in the UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT.
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000714 Anastomosis, Surgical Surgical union or shunt between ducts, tubes or vessels. It may be end-to-end, end-to-side, side-to-end, or side-to-side. Surgical Anastomosis,Anastomoses, Surgical,Surgical Anastomoses
D014833 Voice Quality That component of SPEECH which gives the primary distinction to a given speaker's VOICE when pitch and loudness are excluded. It involves both phonatory and resonatory characteristics. Some of the descriptions of voice quality are harshness, breathiness and nasality. Qualities, Voice,Quality, Voice,Voice Qualities

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