laryngectomy
Surgical throat excision
Laryngectomy is the surgical removal of the larynx, typically performed to treat laryngeal cancer.
The procedure eliminates normal speech, requiring patients to learn alternative methods of communication such as esophageal speech or electrolarynx devices.
After his laryngectomy, he breathed through a permanent opening in his neck.
Muscular throat cavity
- tracheaRespiratory airway tube
- esophagusFood tube to stomach
- vocal cordsSound-producing throat membranes
- epiglottisWindpipe-covering throat cartilage
glottis · hyoid · carotid · jugular · cervical · neck · airway · windpipe
Physician who operates
- oncologyCancer medicine specialty
- incisionControlled cut into tissue
- resectionSurgical tissue removal
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
operating · hospital · scalpel · sterile · surgical · thyroidectomy · tracheostomy · total
Surgically created airway opening
- breathingPulmonary gas exchange
- airwayPassage for breath
- respirationGas exchange in organisms
- humidificationAdding atmospheric moisture
tracheal · mucus · suctioning · baseplate · adhesive · cleaning · protection · hands-free
Inability to vocalize
- speechlessUnable to talk
- communicationExchanging ideas or information
- speech therapyTreatment for communication disorders
- nonverbalNot using speech
Ingesting via throat muscles
- dysphagiaMedical swallowing difficulty
- speech therapyTreatment for communication disorders
- nutritionBodily use of food
- physiotherapyTreatment restoring bodily function
adaptation · support group · counseling · reintegration · quality of life · coping · adjustment · resilience
Malignancy of the pharynx
- tumorAbnormal tissue mass
- malignantHarmfully invasive, often fatal
- radiationEnergy propagation through space
- chemotherapyAnti-cancer drug treatment
oncologist · metastasis · carcinoma · diagnosis · staging · remission · survival · prognosis
pharynx
Muscular throat cavity
- tracheaRespiratory airway tube
- esophagusFood tube to stomach
- vocal cordsSound-producing throat membranes
epiglottis · glottis · hyoid · carotid · jugular · cervical · neck · airway · windpipe · voice box
surgeon
Physician who operates
anesthesia · operating · hospital · scalpel · sterile · surgical · thyroidectomy · tracheostomy · total · partial
tracheostomy
Surgically created airway opening
- breathingPulmonary gas exchange
- airwayPassage for breath
- respirationGas exchange in organisms
humidification · tracheal · mucus · suctioning · baseplate · adhesive · cleaning · protection · hands-free · occlusion
aphonia
Inability to vocalize
- speechlessUnable to talk
- communicationExchanging ideas or information
- speech therapyTreatment for communication disorders
swallowing
Ingesting via throat muscles
- dysphagiaMedical swallowing difficulty
- speech therapyTreatment for communication disorders
- nutritionBodily use of food
physiotherapy · adaptation · support group · counseling · reintegration · quality of life · coping · adjustment · resilience · recovery
throat cancer
Malignancy of the pharynx
- tumorAbnormal tissue mass
- malignantHarmfully invasive, often fatal
- radiationEnergy propagation through space
chemotherapy · oncologist · metastasis · carcinoma · diagnosis · staging · remission · survival · prognosis · HPV
- silencequiet, silent, mute, hush, stillness
- ENTear, otology, otolaryngologist, ears, laryngology
- ENT Surgerytonsillectomy, adenoidectomy, septoplasty, rhinoplasty, mastoidectomy
- throat surgerytracheotomy, tracheostomy, cricothyrotomy, lateralization
- speech therapyspeech therapy, speech pathology, speech therapist, SLP, speech disorders
- chest procedurespneumonectomy, lobectomy, thoracotomy, lung transplant, lung biopsy
laryngectomytonsillectomy
Excision of throat lymphoid tissue
appendectomy · mastectomy · hysterectomy · thyroidectomy · cholecystectomy