Voice rehabilitation after laryngectomy with the Provox® voice prosthesis in South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorCornu A.-S.
dc.contributor.authorVlantis A.C.
dc.contributor.authorElliot H.
dc.contributor.authorGregor R.T.
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-15T16:17:00Z
dc.date.available2011-05-15T16:17:00Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.description.abstractA study was undertaken to determine whether the Provox® voice prosthesis provides good voice rehabilitation following a total laryngectomy in the urban, suburban and rural populations served by a tertiary referral hospital in South Africa. Between 1995 and 1999, a cohort of 128 patients at Tygerberg Hospital was rehabilitated with the Provox™ voice prosthesis after laryngectomy. In 104 patients primary placement of the prosthesis was done at the time of the laryngectomy. Mean device life and adverse events were determined. Voice quality was assessed subjectively in 104 patients and objectively in 26 patients. The mean device life was 303 days and adverse events occurred in 16 patients. Subjectively, 77 of 104 patients had a good voice, and objectively 22 of 26 patients had good voice intelligibility. The Provox™ voice prosthesis provides good voice rehabilitation following total laryngectomy, with minimal complications, in the population served by Tygerberg Hospital.
dc.description.versionArticle
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Laryngology and Otology
dc.identifier.citation117
dc.identifier.citation1
dc.identifier.issn00222151
dc.identifier.other10.1258/002221503321046658
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/14033
dc.subjectadult
dc.subjectaged
dc.subjectarticle
dc.subjectfemale
dc.subjectgranuloma
dc.subjecthuman
dc.subjectlaboratory test
dc.subjectlaryngectomy
dc.subjectmajor clinical study
dc.subjectmale
dc.subjectpostoperative complication
dc.subjectprosthesis
dc.subjectprosthesis loosening
dc.subjectSouth Africa
dc.subjectspeech rehabilitation
dc.subjecttracheoesophageal fistula
dc.subjectvoice
dc.subjectAdult
dc.subjectAged
dc.subjectAged, 80 and over
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectLaryngectomy
dc.subjectLarynx, Artificial
dc.subjectMale
dc.subjectMiddle Aged
dc.subjectSouth Africa
dc.subjectSpeech, Alaryngeal
dc.subjectTreatment Outcome
dc.titleVoice rehabilitation after laryngectomy with the Provox® voice prosthesis in South Africa
dc.typeArticle
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