laryngectomy
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laryngectomies
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In his last years he had a serious heart attack and underwent a laryngectomy, which forced him to learn to talk in a hoarse croak.
From Time Magazine Archive
To duplicate that miracle, Staffieri made a small slit in the esophagus of a laryngectomy patient.
From Time Magazine Archive
To remove the cancerous tissue, surgeons perform an operation called a laryngectomy on many of these patients.
From Time Magazine Archive
In lesions of limited extent, partial laryngectomy is also able to achieve a control rate of better than 90% with preservation of a good, if not entirely normal voice.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dr. Cohen's conclusion is that laryngectomy does not tend to the prolongation of life, and thinks that the greatest good to the greater number appears better secured by dependence on the palliative operation of tracheotomy.
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Joseph Bell
Others had had laryngectomies, or else defective hearing, or learning disabilities, or for an unknown reason had begun speaking much later than was normal.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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