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Acta Oto-Laryngologica Volume 117, 1997 - Issue 3
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Original Article

Deterioration of the Provox™ Silicone Tracheoesophageal Voice Prosthesis: Microbial Aspects and Structural Changes

R. Van Weissenbruch Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands; Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, BelgiumCorrespondence[email protected]
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F. W. J. Albers Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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S. Bouckaert Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
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H. J. Nelis Laboratory for Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
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G. Criel Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands; Department of Anatomy, Embryology, and Histology, Division of Human Anatomy and Embryology, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
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J. P. Remon Laboratory for Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
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A. M. Sulter Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands; Department of Anatomy, Embryology, and Histology, Division of Human Anatomy and Embryology, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
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Pages 452-458 | Received 07 Dec 1995, Accepted 30 Aug 1996, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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