Device Life of the Tracheoesophageal Voice Prosthesis Revisited.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Voice prosthesis (VP) device life is a limiting factor of tracheoesophageal (TE) voice restoration that drives patient satisfaction, health care costs, and overall burden. Historic data suggest that TE VPs have an average device life of generally 3 to 6 months, but these data are typically derived from small samples using only 1 or 2 devices.

Objective

To reexamine current device life in a large, contemporary cancer hospital in the United States that uses a wide assortment of VPs.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective observational study included 390 laryngectomized patients with a tracheoesophageal puncture (TEP) who had VP management at MD Anderson Cancer Center between July 1, 2003, and December 31, 2013.

Main outcomes and measures

SUBMITTER: Lewin JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5322740 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature