Total laryngectomy
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Nova Scotia Health Authority. Central Zone. Otolaryngology.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2022.
- Pamphlet Number
- 0439
- Available Online
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Total laryngectomy is the removal of your larynx (voice box). Your larynx is being removed because it has a disease (like cancer). Your usual way of talking will change after your surgery. This pamphlet explains what to expect before, the morning of, and right after your surgery. Other topics include what to expect at home, protecting yourself from the flu, stoma and laryngectomy tube care, supplies, humidity, speech rehabilitation, nutrition, follow-up, and symptoms that require medical attent…
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. Central Zone. Otolaryngology
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2022
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document (10 p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Laryngectomy
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Laryngectomy
- Specialty
- Otorhinolaryngology
- Abstract
- Total laryngectomy is the removal of your larynx (voice box). Your larynx is being removed because it has a disease (like cancer). Your usual way of talking will change after your surgery. This pamphlet explains what to expect before, the morning of, and right after your surgery. Other topics include what to expect at home, protecting yourself from the flu, stoma and laryngectomy tube care, supplies, humidity, speech rehabilitation, nutrition, follow-up, and symptoms that require medical attention. A recipe for sterile water is provided.
- The French version of this pamphlet 2366, "Laryngectomie totale," is also available.
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: Otolaryngology Staff
- Pamphlet Number
- 0439
