Some aspects of long-term use of domestic voice prostheses after laryngectomy (literature review and clinical observations)

The article reviews methods to restore voice function after laryngectomy. Special attention is paid to surgical methods, the history of the development of voice prostheses. The advantages and disadvantages, functional results, complications of each method of voice restoring are also analyzed, and the design of prostheses is described. Authors included clinical observations of the treatment of patients with malignant laryngeal tumors who underwent laryngectomy with tracheoesophageal bypass grafting and installation of domestic vocal prostheses. After surgery all patients have maintained voice function for a long time without replacing prostheses.