Experts at RCS assessed the surgery, with the United States performing two such transplants, and gave approval for the surgery to be conducted in Britain. The surgery will beneficial for those who struggle to swallow, speak or breathe as their larynx has been destroyed either due to a disease or through accident.
The UK should proceed with trials for laryngeal transplantation to restore power of speech, allow swallowing and improve breathing for the 1,000 people every year in the UK whose larynx is destroyed by trauma or benign or low-grade malignant tumours. This is the finding of a Royal College of Surgeons working group reviewing the ethics, technical evidence and patient services needed for the introduction of the procedure.
University College London’s Professor Martin Birchall is expected to lead the team that will perform the first surgery once the patients and donors are matched.
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