Early and late complications after implantation of the Provox 2 voice prosthesis in patients after total laryngectomy
Journal Title: Otolaryngologia Polska - Year 2011, Vol 65, Issue 3
Abstract
SUMMARY Introduction: Effective communication is an important element of social life. For a long time depravation of the capacity of such communication has been perceived as one of the most aggravating disabilities. It happens when the necessity to remove the larynx in patients with cancer appears. Contemporary methods of speech rehabilitation in patients after total laryngectomy create the possibility to communicate by three methods. One of them is generated speech with the use of voice prosthesis. Material and methods: The examination included group of 76 patients (7 women, 69 men) after total laryngectomy with implanted voice prosthesis Provox 2. All the patients were operated on at the Department of Otolaryn-gology CM UMK. The early and late complication after implantation of voice prosthesis was analyzed. Results: In our material we observed more frequentyly late complications. In 97.4% a leakage through or around the prosthesis was observed. In 35 cases we observed leakage through the wide tracheooesophagal fistula with good outcome due to spontaneusly contract of it after removal of the prosthesis. In four cases we used stitches above the fistula and in three patients we did tracheostomal plastic. The granulation tissue from the region of the fistula was removed in 11 patients. Spontaneous falling out of the prosthesis appeared in 6 cases. The late complications as tracheal immflamation, stricture of the oesophagus or occlusion of the fistula were less common. Conclusions: The late complications after implantation of Provox 2 prosthesis are more common in this type of patients' rehabilitation. The leakage through or around the prosthesis required its exchange and generated additional medical costs, which should be reserved in medical insurance policies.
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Małgorzata Wierzchowska, Paweł Burduk
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