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H. F. Mahieu
Otorhinolaryngology
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Open AccessVoice in early glottic cancer compared to benign voice pathology
The purpose of this study is to compare (Dutch) Voice Handicap Index (VHIvumc) scores from a selected group of patients with voice problems after treatment for early glottic cancer with patients with benign vo...
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Female-pitched sound-producing voice prostheses – initial experimental and clinical results
In order to improve voice quality in female laryngectomees and/or laryngectomees with a hypotonic pharyngo-oesophageal segment, a sound-producing voice prosthesis was designed. The new source of voice consist...
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Laryngeal framework surgery: a proposal for classification and nomenclature by the Phonosurgery Committee of the European Laryngological Society
Laryngeal framework surgery, developed by Isshiki in the 1970s, is one of the most dynamic areas of phonosurgery and these procedures have served to considerably widen our spectrum and options for surgical im...
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Reinnervation aspects of laryngeal transplantation
Although restoration of laryngeal function after laryngeal transplantation depends on appropriate reinnervation, non-selective reinnervation procedures result in synkinesis and poor function restoration. This...
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Malignant lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue in the larynx
A 36-year-old woman was referred to the department of Otolaryngology / Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Vrije Universiteit, because of complaints of hoarseness. A submucosal swelling of the right ve...
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Laryngeal reinnervation surgery — results of a selective approach in an animal study
Laryngeal reinnervation surgery is a difficult subject due to the fact that the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) is responsible for both adductor and abductor laryngeal activity. Non-selective reinnervation pro...
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Correction of dysphonia using laryngeal framework surgical techniques
Many dysphonias caused by incomplete glottis closure or inadequate vocal fold tension are eligible for phonosurgical correction. Most phonosurgeons presently advocate laryngeal framework surgery as the first t...
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A new method for in vivo evaluation of biofilms on surface-modified silicone rubber voice prostheses
A new method is presented that permits a rapid and accurate in vivo evaluation of biofilm formation on surface-modified silicone rubber voice prostheses. The method is based on partial modification of a Gronin...
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Quantitative analysis of voice quality in early glottic laryngeal carcinomas treated with radiotherapy
The quality of voice after radiotherapy is generally considered to be better than that after surgery for early glottic (Tla and Tlb) carcinomas. Studies concerning voice quality after radiotherapy are scarce, ...
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New surgical techniques for voice improvement
Laryngeal framework surgery for improving or changing the voice is a challenging development in phoniatric surgery. Basically two categories can be distinguished: (1) attempted medialization of the vocal fold,...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
The Groningen Voice Prosthesis for Secondary Voice Rehabilitation after Total Laryngectomy
The problem of an open tracheo-oesophageal fistula which would allow air to pass in one direction without aspiration remained unsolved until Singer and Blom (1979) developed a technique using a valved silicon ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
The Groningen Button Results
In 1980, the first Groningen button was placed in a patient undergoing a total laryngectomy in the ENT-department of the Groningen University Hospital.
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Intelligibility, Vocal Intensity, and Long-Term Average Spectra of Groningen Button-Oesophageal Speech
Most, if not all, of my colleagues who have any experience of tracheo-esophageal fistula speech production, agree that this type of voice production is louder, more fluent, and more intelligible than other met...
