FUNCTIONAL OUTCOME AND PROGNOSIS FACTORS AFTER SUPRACRICOID PARTIAL LARYNGECTOMY WITH CRICOHYOIDOPEXY

A retrospective analysis of the medical records and operative files of 124 patients who consecutively underwent supracricoid partial larynge ctomy with cricohyoidopexy (SCPL-CHP) was undertaken. The objective of this study was to analyze the postoperative course and functional res ults of SCPL-CHP. The mean duration of follow-up was 7 years (range 1 to 20 years). The postoperative mortality was 1.6%. The average times until tracheostomy and nasogastric feeding tube removal were 8 and 22 days, respectively. All patients but 1 were decannulated. The rate of pneumonia from aspiration was 11.5%. Completion total laryngectomy and permanent gastrostomy were required in 2.5% and 2.5% of patients, res pectively. Overall normal swallowing without permanent gastrostomy and respiration without tracheostomy were achieved by the first postopera tive year in 91% and 99.1% of patients, respectively. Univariate analy sis of the potential correlation between various variables and the dur ation of the tracheostomy and nasogastric feeding tube, the incidence and causes of mortality, the incidence and type of the various complic ations, the recovery of swallowing, and the length of hospitalization is presented. The report also discusses the management and follow-up c are.