Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Mapping the Risk Factors of Pharyngocutaneous Fistula After Salvage Laryngectomies

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Abstract

To evaluate the postoperative surgical wound infection prevalence rates of patients undergoing SL, identify the causative organism and determine predisposing factors leading to infection. A retrospective study of all consecutive patients who underwent salvage total laryngectomy at our unit between 2015 and 2020 was performed. The following parameters were also analyzed: age, smoking history, pre and postoperative albumin level, history of radio and chemo-radiotherapy, reconstruction with pectoralis flap, intraoperative tracheoesophageal puncture, and tumor stage. A total of 12 of the 21 patients (57%) experienced a postoperative infection after SL during the study period. 82% of those patients whose preoperative albumin level below 3gm/dl developed postoperative infection. There is a significant increase (p < 0.01) in infection in patients with N1 and 2 stage tumor (68%) compared with the N0 stage tumors (40%). Multivariate analysis showed that preoperativ e albumin and nodal stage were significant risk factors for postoperative infection.

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