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Conservative laryngectomy

An effective treatment for severe aspiration in motor neurone disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Maurice Hawthorne ,
Roger Gray  and
Cecelia Cottam
Maurice Hawthorne*
Affiliation:
Bristol and Cambridge
Roger Gray
Affiliation:
Bristol and Cambridge
Cecelia Cottam
Affiliation:
Bristol and Cambridge
*
12 Kelston Grove, Hanham, Bristol BS15 3RL.
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Abstract

Summary

Four cases are presented to illustrate that conservative laryngectomy is a simple and reliable treatment for severe aspiration in patients with motor neurone disease whose symptoms are predominantly bulbar. This treatment leads to a rapid return of the patients to their home, thus reducing their dependancy on skilled nursing care.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 101 , Issue 3 , March 1987 , pp. 283 - 285
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1987

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