Life quality improvement in hoarse patients with early glottic cancer after transoral laser microsurgery.

Li-Jen HsinWan-Ni LinTuan-Jen FangLi-Ang LeeChung-Jan KangBing-Shan HuangChien-Yu LinKang-Hsing FanNgan-Ming TsangCheng-Lung HsuJoseph Tung-Chieh ChangChun-Ta LiaoTzu-Chen YenKai-Ping ChangHsiu-Feng ChuangHsueh-Yu Li

Published in: Head & neck (2017)

Despite an initial deterioration of voice and QOL in the first month, patients who underwent TLM recovered to a plateau since the sixth month and then to better than preoperative status afterward. A greater improvement in QOL was seen in patients with poorer baseline voice quality.

Keyphrases

quality improvement
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
papillary thyroid
patients undergoing
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
patient safety
patient reported outcomes
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young adults
childhood cancer
patient reported