The treatment of cancer of the vocal cords

The treatment most classic Cancer is surgery, that is to say, the surgical removal of the tumor. Thus, when one or both vocal cords are affected by the CancerThe treatment is based on their removal. This mutilation leads to disorders of phonation or the loss of voice.

If cancer of the vocal cordsWe may also occasionally for radiotherapy surgery, which helps maintain a relatively normal voice.

In fact, treatment depends on the developmental stage of the tumor. Plus it is diagnosed early, less treatment may be mutilating, and the voice can be preserved.

 

Find voice without vocal cords

Many methods have been developed to allow people without vocal cords to speak again, often with excellent results.

Depending on the amount of tissue removed, you can perform reconstructive surgery. But there are other non-surgical techniques.

You should know that voice requires a source of sound waves (vibrations) and a means to transform these vibrations into speech. The vibrations are produced by our vocal cords, and then transformed into words in our language, our palates and our lips.

What he fails to persons having no vocal cords to find the voice is a new source of sound waves. Three possibilities:

- Esophageal voice: he must learn to swallow and then to gradually expel the air from the esophagus to produce sound. This learning is difficult but requires no surgery or accessory.

- The electrolarynx: it is a vibrating device that produces sound when you press the neck. Provided always have at hand, this method is very simple.

- The tracheo-esophageal fistula or phonatory implant: it is a one-way valve inserted surgically between the trachea and esophagus. She deflects the air into the esophagus during inhalation and produces a sound. Binding (long learning HygieneAnd dysfunction during theFood...), This device, however, allows many people to reproduce an understandable voice with a fluence correct.