With this historical vignette, ending the series dedicated to the pioneers of total laryngectomy, published in the EuropeanAnnals of Otorhinolaryngology Head & Neck Diseases to mark the 150th anniversary of the first description of this surgical procedure in humans, the authors recount what history called "The Crown Prince's illness", and wonder what might have happened if the total laryngectomy proposed for Crown Prince Friedrich had finally been performed.
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Health Qual Life Outcomes
January 2025
Department of Speech and Language Therapy, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
Background: Laryngeal cancer often leads to total laryngectomy (TL), which results in the loss of natural voice, necessitates voice rehabilitation and affects the individuals Quality of Life (QoL). Despite advancements in treatment, Voice-Related QoL (VRQoL) post TL remains a neglected area in the field of rehabilitation. This study seeks to fill this gap by evaluating though a scoping review the impacts of TL on patients' voice-related QoL.
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January 2025
Speech Pathology & Audiology Department, Royal Brisbane & Women's' Hospital, Level 2, Dr James Mayne Building, Butterfield Street, Herston, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Clinical swallow examination (CSE) following laryngectomy (± pharyngeal resection) remains a critical step in dysphagia evaluation. Whilst the core components of a standard CSE service a broad spectrum of patient populations, no evidence exists examining the essential assessment items specific to CSE in the laryngectomy population. The aim of this study was to identify the tasks, measures and observations considered necessary to include in a CSE post laryngectomy.
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January 2025
Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Section of Speech Pathology & Audiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Compensatory swallow strategies are recommended to improve swallow safety and efficiency; however, there is limited evidence on use in specific populations or their relationship to swallow study results. We sought to describe/explore strategy recommendations in an oncology practice and their relationship to Dynamic Imaging Grade of Swallowing Toxicity (DIGEST) grades as a marker of clinical utility of the tool. This is a sub-study of a STARI-guided retrospective implementation evaluation at a single comprehensive cancer center.
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January 2025
Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
A 34-year-old male patient with recently diagnosed with medullary thyroid carcinoma underwent total thyroidectomy and radical neck dissection, requiring sharp dissection to separate the tumour from the trachea. He required post operative intubation due to bilateral vocal cord paralysis. He developed ischaemic necrosis of the upper two thirds of the trachea presenting with marked surgical emphysema and an infective wound.
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January 2025
Otolaryngology Unit, Vittorio Veneto Hospital (Treviso), Vittorio Veneto, Italy.
Objectives: The aim of the present study was to investigate the oncological and functional prognostic implication of perioperative risk factors in the elderly patient who underwent open partial horizontal laryngectomy (OPHL).
Study Design: A single institution, retrospective case-cohort study.
Methods: The present study retrospectively reviewed the clinical charts of a cohort of 100 elderly laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) patients who underwent OPHL at our institution.
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