Rare Larynx Transplant Restores Voice, University of California, Davis (UCD) Study

Futurity -- UC DAVIS (US) — In only the second transplant surgery of its kind, surgeons have replaced the larynx, thyroid gland, and trachea of a woman who has been unable to speak for more than a decade. “We are absolutely delighted with the results of this extraordinary case,” says Gregory Farwell, associate professor of otolaryngology at University of California, Davis and lead surgeon for the transplant.

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