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 ...

2. Is it possible to swim or shower after a laryngectomy? Special equipment will be provided that will help you swim or shower while preventing entry of water into the stoma. 3. How should the stoma ...

The most common type of laryngectomy, i.e., surgical removal of advanced laryngeal cancer, changes the patient's voice dramatically and can be very disruptive to their normal life. To improve the ...

Despite findings of previous studies and published guidelines, nearly two-thirds of patients with T4a larynx ('voice box') cancer are not receiving a total laryngectomy (surgical removal of the larynx ...

When a person is diagnosed with cancer in their voice box, communicating after it has to be removed can be a challenging task. Fortunately thank to special procedures and technology at Spectrum Health ...

NEW YORK, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- Surgeons at Montefiore Medical Center in New York are using a new procedure on cancer of the larynx that can save the voice box so patients can speak. "We have found that ...