[Medical and sociologic problems in laryngectomy].

Laryngectomy, especially radical destructive laryngectomy, as still often performed for cancer of the larynx, undoubtedly leads to various medico-sociologic, hygienic-prophylactic, and socio-economic problems of the greatest interest. The need for adequate psychologic preparation, for the adoption of essential hygienic rules, and for re-training of the voice is stressed by the fact that this type of patient can be effectively recuperated since surgical treatment can attain a permanent cure in a high proportion of cases. These subjects can therefore be reinserted in society at a definitely profitable level.