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A collection of encyclopedia entries relating to procedures & tools.

Illustration of breathing tube in a laryngectomy patient and how you must make sure it does not snag the TEP when inserting into the trachea.
Diagnosis

What Hospital Staff Need to Know About You As a Laryngectomy Patient (Especially if Contemplating Surgery)

Robert W. Bastian, M.D. — Published August 8, 2023 Introduction Anesthesiologists, respiratory therapists, and nurses may know the following information if you are in a large hospital. If you are in a small hospital, day surgery center, walk-in urgent care

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Swallowing Evaluation and Treatment

What we try to accomplish during an initial consultation: 1. Obtain your general medical history 2. Understand your “swallowing experience” and the symptoms that bother you 3. Examine your palate, tongue, pharynx, and larynx because they comprise your “equipment” for

Closer view of vocal cords
Education

Questions about Endoscopy

Q: What is Endoscopy? A: Endoscopy means to “look within,” in our case either the larynx (voice box), windpipe, esophagus, and throat. This might be done for many different reasons: Just to see and feel something Take a biopsy Try

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Swelling Checks to Detect Vibratory (Overuse) Injury to the Surface Tissue (Mucosa) of the Vocal Cords

Robert W. Bastian, M.D. — Published: September 23, 2016 Definition: Vocal tasks (swelling checks) that detect acute or chronic vocal fold mucosal injury reliably; Secondarily, they can also detect gaps between otherwise normal folds. Purpose /rationale: To provide persons with a

Proposed incision
Laser surgery

Questions about Vocal Fold Microsurgery

Here is a list of common vocal fold microsurgery questions. Why is vocal fold microsurgery done? The commonest reason is that there is a visible lesion such as nodules, polyps, capillary ectasia (dilated capillaries), epidermoid or mucus retention cyst, glottic

Marginal airway
Disorders

Motivated Laryngeal Examination

A “Motivated” laryngeal examination is an examination in which the clinician “pushes” the larynx to reveal its secrets. If topical anesthesia is used, this can be done without undue discomfort to the patient, and laryngeal images can be close and

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Siren

A siren is an uninterrupted sound that begins very low in a person’s vocal range and ascends to a very high pitch, sometimes the highest possible pitch that person can produce. A single siren could also go from low to

Sense of instability
Disorders

Projected Voice

Projected voice is one that is perceptibly “thrown” or “called out,” as when talking to a group of 20 or more people. A clinician might ask a patient to project the voice during the vocal capability battery in order, for

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Vocal Commitments

Events or circumstances that permit, invite, or demand much voice use. A person’s vocal commitments could include his or her occupation, childcare, rehearsals and performances, hobbies or even volunteer activities to which a person is highly committed, sports, and so

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