Description

Tracheoesophageal
Voice Restoration
Following Total
Laryngectomy
Blom ED, Singer MI,
Hamaker RC
Singular Publishing Group
Inc, San Diego, London
ISBN: 1-56593- 908-5

This classic volume by three doyens of surgical voice
restoration (SVR), provides a chronicle of one of the major
developments in delivering quality of life to
laryngectomised patients.

 

This volume provides not only a history of
development, but a practical toolkit on how to assess,
instigate and problem manage SVR. The chapters on
botulinum toxin, tracheostomal valves and humidity and
moisture exchangers provide a current perspective for
usage, as well as detail on a range of supplier’s equipment.
A slight downside in the valve chapter is the absence of
alluding to other manufacturers products, the latter would
have completed the ideal reference volume for anyone
delivering SVR.

 

Mr Richard Wight
Consultant Head & Neck Surgeon,
North Riding Infirmary,
Middlesbrough