Hostname: page-component-6bf8c574d5-qdpjg Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2025-02-14T09:31:51.614Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

’The holiday plug‘: a temporary solution to the problem of the leaking voice prosthesis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Simon N. Rogers ,
Andrew Batch ,
David Powell  and
Kaye Radford
Simon N. Rogers*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Oncology, Dudley Road Hospital, Birmingham
Andrew Batch
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Oncology, Dudley Road Hospital, Birmingham
David Powell
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Oncology, Dudley Road Hospital, Birmingham
Kaye Radford
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Oncology, Dudley Road Hospital, Birmingham
*
Dr S. N. Rogers, M.B.Ch.B., F.D.S.R.C.X., Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Oncology, Dudley Road Hospital, Dudley Road, Birmingham B18 7QH
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Tracheo-oesophageal prostheses are commonly inserted in patients following total laryngectomy to improve the quality of the voice. Unfortunately the device eventually fails and requires replacement. A valve change, although well tolerated by patients, necessitates an out-patient visit and delay in its replacement can lead to problems of pneumonia or dehydration. In this short paper we describe a simple temporary solution for a leaking valve and recommend its use in patients who are delayed in returning to the unit for example when on holiday.

Keywords

LaryngectomyLarynxartificial
Type
Short Communication
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 107 , Issue 12 , December 1993 , pp. 1149 - 1150
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1993

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Hilgers, F. J. M.Schouwenburg, P. F. (1990) A new low-resistance, self-retaining prosthesis (Provox) for voice rehabilitation after total laryngectomy. Laryngoscope 100: 1202–1207CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Manni, J. J., Van Den Broek, P. (1990) Surgical and prostheticrelated complications using the Groningen button voice prosthesis. Clinical Otolaryngology 15: 515–523CrossRefGoogle Scholar