Professor Nicolas Taptas (1871-1955): A pioneer of post-laryngectomy voice rehabilitation

Lascaratos, JG; Trompoukis, C; Segas, JV; Assimakopoulos, DA

dc.contributor.author	Lascaratos, JG	en
dc.contributor.author	Trompoukis, C	en
dc.contributor.author	Segas, JV	en
dc.contributor.author	Assimakopoulos, DA	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:53:10Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:53:10Z
dc.date.issued	2003	en
dc.identifier.issn	0023-852X	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/26877
dc.subject	artificial larynx	en
dc.subject	history of medicine	en
dc.subject	Nicolas Taptas	en
dc.subject	voice rehabilitation	en
dc.subject.classification	Medicine, Research & Experimental	en
dc.subject.classification	Otorhinolaryngology	en
dc.title	Professor Nicolas Taptas (1871-1955): A pioneer of post-laryngectomy voice rehabilitation	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2003	en
heal.abstract	Objective: To report on the career of Professor Nicolas Taptas of Constantinople (1871-1955) and his contribution to the development of an artificial larynx. Study Design: Historical review. Methods: The unpublished documents of Taptas's family archives and one of his papers, describing his own original technique for voice rehabilitation after total laryngectomies, were studied. Results: In his texts, Taptas described the application of external laryngeal prostheses in one of his patients who underwent total laryngectomy. Taptas meticulously recorded his own first successful attempt in a woman with cancer of the larynx. He was one of the first scientists who, at the end of the 19th century, devised an external laryngeal prosthesis, which had the advantage of rehabilitating a sufficiently strong whispering voice; by using a prototype valve, he avoided problems of aspiration of liquids and food to the bronchi. Conclusion: Nicolas Taptas's contribution to the development of the artificial larynx was vital because he devised and applied one of the first external laryngeal artificial prostheses with satisfactory functional results.	en
heal.publisher	LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS	en
heal.journalName	LARYNGOSCOPE	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000182048800022	en
dc.identifier.volume	113	en
dc.identifier.issue	4	en
dc.identifier.spage	702	en
dc.identifier.epage	705	en