Assertion: voice prosthesis | /r/HasProperty | placed
Facets:
value: in a secondary puncture
type: OTHER
value: during the total laryngectomy
type: TEMPORAL
value: between the food pipe
type: LOCATION
value: between windpipe
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: The Classic Indwelling voice prosthesis is clinician placed; it is inserted and replaced on an as needed basis by a speech pathologist or physician only.
text: The advantages of this method are: 1) the voice prosthesis stabilizes the TE wall, 2) the flanges of the device protect the puncture against leakage of fluids, stomach acids and other stomach contents, 3) there is no irritation or pressure from a stenting catheter, used to maintain the puncture opening until a voice prosthesis can be placed, 4) patients become quickly familiar with their prosthesis care as they receive instructions while hospitalized, 5) the patient will not have to undergo an outpatient procedure during which the voice prosthesis needs to be fitted, 6) many patients can learn to speak before the start of any post-operative radiation therapy (if indicated) 7) the patient can focus on voice production immediately, as wound healing allows.
text: The voice prosthesis is placed after the patient is able to eat sufficiently by mouth and speech production is initiated when healing has completed, after clearance by the surgeon.
text: It will be placed between the food pipe (your esophagus) and windpipe (your trachea) during the total laryngectomy, or in a secondary puncture.