Evidence now demonstrates that a novel partial voice box resection, in which up to 75% of the voice box is removed and the rest reconstructed, can be just as effective as total laryngectomy, with ...

A microlaryngoscopy is a procedure to examine and treat conditions of the voice box, or larynx. During this procedure, a doctor can remove lesions from vocal folds or correct movement disorders of the ...

A surgical incision between the trachea and esophagus (tracheo-esophageal puncture) following removal of the tongue and voice box provides effective speech communication for select head and neck ...

A Massachusetts man has his voice back after undergoing just the third successful total larynx transplant in the U.S. The Mayo Clinic replaced Marty Kedian's larynx, or voice box, to remove a rare ...

When doctors told her they had to remove her tongue and voice box to save her life from the cancer that had invaded her mouth, Sonya Sotinsky sat down with a microphone to record herself saying the ...

What if a man of Christian faith, who had preached the Bible for a living, could no longer speak? It would be understandable if East Hempfield Township’s Scott Lanser, who spent more than 30 years in ...

NEW DELHI: In what could prove to be a boon for patients who have lost their ability to speak due to throat cancer, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, in collaboration with IIT Delhi, has ...