The UK should proceed with trials for laryngeal (voice-box) 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.
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