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Voice-Related Quality of Life After Total Laryngectomy: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Antonino Maniaci1, Jerome Rene Lechien2, Sebastiano Caruso1
1Department of Medical, Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies G.F.Ingrassia, University of Catania, Catania, 95100 Italy.
Background:
To compare voice rehabilitation-related quality of life among patients surgically treated for total laryngectomy and rehabilitated with esophageal (EV) and tracheoesophageal (TEV) voice.
Methods:
A systematic literature review of articles from the past 20 years was conducted, and only full-text English articles comparing VTE and EV results in laryngectomized patients were included.
Results:
We provided 15 articles for a total of 1085 laryngectomized patients undergoing voice rehabilitation, of which 869 (80.1%) were treated with voice prosthesis while 216 (19.9%) to esophageal speech. Pooled VHI outcomes showed a significantly better score for the TEV group than EV one (31.93±12.11 versus 35.39±20.6; P = 0.003), but no significant difference was recorded at VrQoL (8.27±5.98 versus 9.27±2.02; P = 0.19).
Conclusion:
TEV and EV are both effective procedures in voice rehabilitation after laryngectomy. Although TEV allows for significantly better speech performance, it does not necessarily correlate with a high VrQoL.
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