Surgical repair of postlaryngectomy pharyngocutaneous fistulas
β Scribed by Goutam Guha; Somenath Saha; Indranath Kundu
- Book ID
- 107593201
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 165 KB
- Volume
- 59
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0019-5421
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Background. The pharyngocutaneous fistula is troublesome complication after total laryngectomy. Despite a large number of studies, there is still disagreement on factors predisposing to this complication. Methods. A retrospective analysis of pharyngocutaneous fistulas in 133 patients in whom total
## Abstract Pharyngocutaneous fistulas (PCFs) following total laryngectomy is a common complication. The standard therapy is conservative management, and if this is not successful, surgical closure. There is a group of patients with limited survival chance who have small PCFs. In these patients who
## Background: Pharyngocutaneous fistula is the most common complication following total laryngectomy. the present study was designed to determine the incidence and predisposing factors and to describe the management of the complication. ## Methods: The records of 246 consecutive patients who und