[Experience with the HME-Provox Stomafilter in laryngectomized patients]. / Experiencia con el uso del HME-Provox Stomafilter en pacientes laringuectomizados.

Respiratory symptoms after total laryngectomy are both frequent and troublesome. Previous studies have demonstrated the positive effect of a heat and moisture exchanger (MHE) on the respiratory system in patients after total laryngectomy. In the present study we analyze the opinion of 40 total laryngectomized patients regarding the use of the MHE-Provox Stomafilter kit. Focus has been directed to speech function parameters and pulmonary symptoms. Benefits in phonatory parameters--intelligibility, fluency, pressure and telephone intelligibility, have been over 70%. Reduction in pulmonary symptoms--coughing, sputum production, forced expectoration, stoma cleaning--have also been significant. Our results support the use of MHE Provox Stomafilter for minimizing and preventing respiratory problems and increasing the quality of the voice through the tracheoesophageal puncture system.

Experiencia con el uso del HME-Provox® Stomafilter en pacientes laringuectomizados / Experience with the HME-Provox® Stomafilter in laryngectomised patients

Los problemas respiratorios tras una laringuectomía total son frecuentes. Estudios recientes han puesto de manifiesto la utilidad de los sistemas que permiten el intercambio de calor y humedad (HME) en los pacientes laringuectomizados. En el presente estudio analizamos la opinión de 40 pacientes laringuectomizados a los que se les ha suministrado el HME-Provox® Stomafilter. La investigación se ha centrado en parámetros vocales y de función respiratoria. Los resultados han puesto de manifiesto que los pacientes refieren beneficios fonatorios en más de un 70 por ciento de los casos. De igual modo se obtiene una reducción en los síntomas pulmonares en más de un 80 por ciento de los pacientes. Estos resultados apoyan el uso de los intercambiadores de calor y humedad para reducir y prevenir los problemas respiratorios y aumentar la eficacia de la rehabilitación vocal mendiante las fístulas traqueoesofágicas (AU)

Respiratory symptoms after total laryngectomy are both frequent and troublesome. Previous studies have demonstrated the positive effect of a heat and moisture exchanger (MHE) on the respiratory system in patients after total laryngectomy. In the present study we analyze the opinion of 40 total laryngectomized patients regarding the use of the MHE-Provox Stomafilter kit. Focus has been directed to speech function parameters and pulmonary symptoms. Benefits in phonatory parameters--intelligibility, fluency, pressure and telephone intelligibility, have been over 70%. Reduction in pulmonary symptoms--coughing, sputum production, forced expectoration, stoma cleaning--have also been significant. Our results support the use of MHE Provox Stomafilter for minimizing and preventing respiratory problems and increasing the quality of the voice through the tracheoesophageal puncture system (AU)

Cirugía septopiramidal ambulatoria: métodos, resultados y satisfacción de los pacientes / Septo-pyramidal out-patient surgery: methods, results and patients safisfaction

La cirugía mayor ambulatoria es una actividad con tendencia creciente en la otorrinolaringología. Numerosos estudios han validado la utilidad de algunas intervenciones, como la septoplastia y la cirugía endoscópica nasosinusal realizadas de forma ambulatoria, sin embargo no se han comparado los resultados de la septorrinoplastia ambulatoria frente a cirugía con ingreso, pese a ser una práctica común. Se presenta un estudio sobre los resultados estéticos y funcionales y la incidencia de complicaciones en 40 septoplastias y 40 septorrinoplastias realizadas mediante cirugía sin ingreso en un período de dos años y se las compara con el mismo número de intervenciones realizadas con ingreso. Asimismo, se realiza un cuestionario sobre la satisfacción del paciente tras la cirugía. No se han presentado complicaciones graves en ninguno de los grupos. El número de complicaciones, los resultados funcionales y estéticos y el grado de satisfacción de los pacientes no difirieron en ninguno de los dos grupos. La cirugía septopiramidal (septoplastias y septorrinoplastias) puede ser realizada con poco riesgo deforma ambulatoria, manteniendo la misma calidad en los resultados (AU)

Outpatient surgery is an activity that increases constantly in Otolaryngology. There are studies about some nasal surgery techniques, such as septoplasty or endonasal endoscopic performed as outpatient surgery, but so far nobody has reported any comparative analysis on the results of outpatient septorhinoplasty, although this is a frequent practice. We report our experience with 40 cases of outpatient septoplasty and 40 outpatient septorhinoplasty, performed by the same surgeon, and we make a comparative study with the same number of operations performed on in-patients with traditional surgical techniques. Aesthetic and functional results and satisfaction level in postoperative interviews were compared in both cases. No serious complications were present in either group. The number of complications, the functional and aesthetic results and the degree of patients satisfaction were similar in both groups. Septopyramidal surgery (septoplasty and septorhinoplasty) is suitable to be performed on outpatient with the same quality as in-patients (AU)

[Ambulatory septopyramidal surgery: methods, results and patient satisfaction]. / Cirugía septopiramidal ambulatoria: métodos, resultados y satisfacción de los pacientes.

Outpatient surgery is an activity that increases constantly in Otolaryngology. There are studies about some nasal surgery techniques, such as septoplasty or endonasal endoscopic performed as outpatient surgery, but so far nobody has reported any comparative analysis on the results of outpatient septorhinoplasty, although this is a frequent practice. We report our experience with 40 cases of outpatient septoplasty and 40 outpatient septorhinoplasty, performed by the same surgeon, and we make a comparative study with the same number of operations performed on in-patients with traditional surgical techniques. Aesthetic and functional results and satisfaction level in postoperative interviews were compared in both cases. No serious complications were present in either group. The number of complications, the functional and aesthetic results and the degree of patients satisfaction were similar in both groups. Septopyramidal surgery (septoplasty and septorhinoplasty) is suitable to be performed on outpatient with the same quality as in-patients.