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Total Laryngectomy

Clinical Information

An operation performed to remove cancer of the larynx (voice box). The entire larynx is removed. Several techniques are available for speech rehabilitation after surgery. Patients stay in the hospital for about a week.

Providers
Portrait of Seth H Dailey, MD Seth H Dailey, MD
Associate Professor
Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Program Director, Laryngology Fellowship
Phone: (608) 263-0192
E-mail: dailey@surgery.wisc.edu
Specialties: Otolaryngology
Portrait of Charles N Ford, MD Charles N Ford, MD
Professor Emeritus
Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Phone: (608) 263-0192
E-mail: ford@surgery.wisc.edu
Specialties: Otolaryngology
Portrait of Gregory K Hartig, MD Gregory K Hartig, MD
Professor
Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Phone: (608) 265-8207
E-mail: hartig@surgery.wisc.edu
Specialties: Otolaryngology
Portrait of Timothy M McCulloch, MD Timothy M McCulloch, MD
Professor
Chairman, Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Phone: (608) 263-0192
E-mail: mccull@surgery.wisc.edu
Specialties: Otolaryngology

Conditions


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