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Complications of pharyngeal myotomy for alaryngeal voice rehabilitation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

P. M. J. Scott ,
N. R. Bleach ,
A. R. Perry  and
A. D. Cheesman
P. M. J. Scott*
Affiliation:
Departments of Speech Therapy, Charing Cross Hospital, Fulham Palace Road, Hammersmith, London W6 8RF.
N. R. Bleach
Affiliation:
Departments of Speech Therapy, Charing Cross Hospital, Fulham Palace Road, Hammersmith, London W6 8RF.
A. R. Perry
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology, Charing Cross Hospital, Fulham Palace Road, Hammersmith, London W6 8RF.
A. D. Cheesman
Affiliation:
Departments of Speech Therapy, Charing Cross Hospital, Fulham Palace Road, Hammersmith, London W6 8RF.
*
P. M. J. Scott, F.R.C.S., 11A Ellerslie Road, Shepherds Bush, London W12 7BN.
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Abstract

Over the eight-year period to May 1991,256 patients were referred for post-laryngectomy voice rehabilitation. Videofluoroscopy identified 81 (32 per cent) who required pharyngeal myotomy for a spastic pharyngooesophageal segment. Forty-two of these (37 male, 5 female and average age 63 years) had their surgery performed at this unit with a complication rate of 17 per cent and an average post-operative stay of 10 days (range 4–41 days). The place of the operation for pharyngeal myotomy in post-laryngectomy voice rehabilitation is discussed.

Keywords

Speech, alaryngealPharyngeal muscles, surgery

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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 107 , Issue 5 , May 1993 , pp. 430 - 433
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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1993

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