Instead, they have pushed employees into defined-contribution plans, in which the worker, not the employer, bears the risk of poor investment performance. Determining whether pension funds have adequate funding is, to some extent, a work of art. Companies estimate what they will owe in the future, and then discount that number based on how long it will be until they have to pay it and the interest rate at which their pension-plan investments could grow.
Subtypes of operations classified as organ preservation surgery of the larynx include the following: vertical partial laryngectomy (VPL), hemilaryngectomy, endoscopic cordectomy (including procedures that use lasers), and laryngofissure with cordectomy.
Historical Examples. 1  This table shows that nearly half the cases were treated by laryngotomy. 2  At the conclusion of the operation, when all bleeding has been controlled, the laryngotomy tube should be removed. 3  The laryngotomy tube can be removed as soon as the patient recovers consciousness and all hmorrhage has ceased.