Science Saturday: Regenerating the larynx for a second chance at speech
Mayo Clinic is leveraging advances in regenerative medicine to restore function for people whose lives have been drastically changed by a laryngectomy -- surgery to remove the voice box. People without a voice box can neither speak with their natural voices nor breathe through their noses. Simple pleasures like smelling a bouquet of flowers or tasting [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Research News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Research News - February 20, 2021 Category: Research Source Type: news
What Is a Supraglottic Laryngectomy?
Title: What Is a Supraglottic Laryngectomy?Category: Procedures and TestsCreated: 1/14/2021 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 1/14/2021 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Cancer General)
Source: MedicineNet Cancer General - January 14, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
How to Swab a Patient for COVID After a Tracheostomy How to Swab a Patient for COVID After a Tracheostomy
Drs Robert Glatter and Nina Shapiro discuss tips for safe and effective COVID-19 sampling in patients with tracheostomy tubes or in laryngectomy patients.Medscape Emergency Medicine (Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Headlines - November 11, 2020 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Emergency Medicine Commentary Source Type: news
Swallowing, communication management of tracheostomy, laryngectomy in context of COVID-19
(JAMA Network) This review synthesizes the literature regarding tracheostomy and laryngectomy management in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - October 15, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Patient page: Laryngectomy care in COVID-19 era
(JAMA Network) The particular risks the COVID-19 pandemic presents for patients with a laryngectomy and how best to mitigate risk are described in this Patient Page. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - June 25, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
New Miniature Camera Module Emerges for Disposable Medical Endoscopes
Over the next few years, demand for endoscopes is expected to grow pretty significantly. Tehzeeb Gunja, OmniVision Technology Inc.’s director of medical marketing, reported an expected 30% growth rate through 2023 from dental, catheter, capsule endoscope, robotic surgery, and general medical, industrial, and veterinary endoscope applications.
Such growth in medical is driven by interest in minimally invasive procedures, and the market may see some changes. Because of concerns over “cross contamination,†there may be a “push from reusable to...
Source: MDDI - October 22, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Daphne Allen Tags: MD & M Minneapolis Design Source Type: news
Higher-Volume Hospitals Have Better Laryngectomy Outcomes
THURSDAY, Nov. 29, 2018 -- Laryngectomy outcomes appear to be associated with hospital volume for such cases, according to a study published online Nov. 21 in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head& Neck Surgery.
Christine G. Gourin, M.D., from Johns Hopkins... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - November 29, 2018 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Postop Hypothyroidism Ups Risk for Fistula After Laryngectomy Postop Hypothyroidism Ups Risk for Fistula After Laryngectomy
For patients with cancer undergoing salvage laryngectomy, postoperative hypothyroidism is an independent predictor of wound complications, including fistula.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - March 15, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Literacy Level an Issue in Laryngectomy - Related Patient Ed
Reading difficulty exceeds ability of average U.S. adult; readability negatively tied to understandability (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology - August 22, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Nursing, Oncology, ENT, Surgery, Journal, Source Type: news
Report: Voice box prostheses may only last three months
(Reuters) – Tracheoesophageal voice prosthetic devices often last less than 3 months before they need to be replaced, which is a shorter lifespan than previously reported, according to a new study.
“In an ideal setting, voice prostheses should last at least six months and even more ideally, up to one year,” said lead author Jan S. Lewin of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. “In reality, they generally last somewhere about three months before they have to be replaced.”
The silicone devices are placed in the shared wall between the trachea and the esophagus after a laryngectomy, the ...
Source: Mass Device - October 5, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: MassDevice Tags: Clinical Trials Implants Otolaryngology Ear, Nose & Throat Source Type: news
Combination chemo-radiation therapy may help preserve larynx for patients with laryngeal cancer
Researchers assessed the rates of laryngeal (having to do with the larynx [voice box]) preservation and laryngectomy-free survival in patients receiving the monoclonal antibody cetuximab and radiation therapy (CRT) or radiation therapy alone. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - July 7, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Combination chemo-radiation therapy may help preserve larynx for patients with laryngeal cancer
(The JAMA Network Journals) In a study published online by JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, James A. Bonner, M.D., of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and colleagues assessed the rates of laryngeal (having to do with the larynx [voice box]) preservation and laryngectomy-free survival in patients receiving the monoclonal antibody cetuximab and radiation therapy (CRT) or radiation therapy alone. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - July 7, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Many patients with advanced form of larynx cancer not receiving recommended treatment
(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) 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), the recommended form of treatment, and as a result, have significantly worse survival rates versus those treated with a total laryngectomy, a new study published in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics by experts at Penn Medicine found. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 1, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Survival differences seen for advanced-stage laryngeal cancer
The five-year survival rate for advanced-stage laryngeal cancer was higher than national levels in a small study at a single academic center performing a high rate of surgical therapy, including a total laryngectomy, or removal of the voice box, to treat the disease, despite a national trend toward organ preservation, according to a report. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - November 28, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
Survival differences seen for advanced-stage laryngeal cancer
(The JAMA Network Journals) The five-year survival rate for advanced-stage laryngeal cancer was higher than national levels in a small study at a single academic center performing a high rate of surgical therapy, including a total laryngectomy, or removal of the voice box, to treat the disease, despite a national trend toward organ preservation, according to a report published online by JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 27, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
