Aspiration of tracheoesophageal prosthesis in a laryngectomized patient

BACKGROUND: The voice prosthesis inserted into a tracheoesophageal fistula has become the most widely used device for voice rehabilitation in patients with total laryngectomy. CASE PRESENTATION: We describe a case of tracheoesophageal prosthesis’ (TEP) aspiration in a laryngectomized patient, with p...

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Autores principales: Conte, Sergio C, De Nardi, Elena, Conte, Federico, Nardini, Stefano
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3436712/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22958961
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2049-6958-7-25
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: The voice prosthesis inserted into a tracheoesophageal fistula has become the most widely used device for voice rehabilitation in patients with total laryngectomy. CASE PRESENTATION: We describe a case of tracheoesophageal prosthesis’ (TEP) aspiration in a laryngectomized patient, with permanent tracheal stoma, that appeared during standard cleaning procedure, despite a programme of training for the safe management of patients with voice prosthesis. CONCLUSIONS: The definitive diagnosis and treatment were performed by flexible bronchoscopy, that may be considered the procedure of choice in these cases, also on the basis of the literature.

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