A Massachusetts man has regained his voice after surgeons removed his cancerous larynx and, in a pioneering move, replaced it with a donated one.
In this photo provided by the Mayo Clinic, Marty Kedian poses for a photo in Mayo Clinic’s Head and Neck Regenerative Medicine Laboratory in Scottsdale, Ariz., on June 12, 2024. Kedian regained his voice after surgeons removed his cancerous larynx and, in a pioneering move, immediately replaced it with a donated one.Transplants of the so-called voice box are extremely rare and normally aren’t an option for people with active cancer. Marty Kedian is only the third person in the U.S.
The study is small — just nine more people will be enrolled. But it may teach scientists best practices for these complex transplants so that one day they could be offered to more people who can’t breathe, swallow or speak on their own because of a damaged or surgically removed larynx.In this photo provided by the Mayo Clinic, Dr. Michael Hinni, centre left, Dr. Payam Entezami, centre, and Dr. David Lott, centre right, operate on transplant patient Marty Kedian in Phoenix, Feb. 29, 2024.
“It isn’t a ‘one-off,’” but an opportunity to finally learn from one patient before operating on the next, said Dr. Marshall Strome, who led the 1998 transplant in Cleveland.How much do you tip? Why most Canadians feel pressured to give extraCalgary moves to stage 3 water restrictions; reopens pools, lifts fire ban
Kedian was diagnosed with a rare laryngeal cartilage cancer about a decade ago. The Haverhill, Massachusetts, man underwent more than a dozen surgeries, eventually needing a trach tube to help him breathe and swallow — and struggled even to muster a raspy whisper through it. He had to retire on disability.
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