What Is One Major Postoperative Difficulty for a Patient Having

question 14

Multiple Choice

What is one major postoperative difficulty for a patient having a supraglottic laryngectomy?

• A) Teaching the patient to use an assistive device to speak
• B) Coughing without letting food escape through the tracheostomy
• C) Taking care of the tracheostomy, because the patient will always have to have one
• D) Teaching the patient to swallow without aspiration

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