Tracheoesophageal voice prosthesis management in laryngectomy patients during the COVID-19 pandemic

With the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been significant changes and challenges in the management of oncology patients. One of the major strategies to reduce transmission of the virus between patients and healthcare workers is deferral of follow-up visits. However, deferral may not be possible in tota...

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Autores principales: Goldstein, David P., Ralph, Gilbert, de Almeida, John R., Jethwa, Ashok R., Irish, Jonathan, Chepeha, Douglas B., Brown, Dale, Gullane, Patrick, Waldron, John, Aziza, Elana, Durkin, Lisa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7416812/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32778168
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40463-020-00456-z
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Sumario:With the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been significant changes and challenges in the management of oncology patients. One of the major strategies to reduce transmission of the virus between patients and healthcare workers is deferral of follow-up visits. However, deferral may not be possible in total laryngectomy patients. Urgent procedures may be necessary to prevent complications related to ill-fitting tracheoesophageal puncture (TEP) voice prostheses, such as aspiration or loss of voicing. In this paper, we describe the Princess Margaret Cancer Center’s approach to managing this unique patient population.

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