Table 2.
Data and outcomes of the procedures.
| Surgery |
Time (POETI) | Ventilatory support after surgery | Dysphagia |
Follow up (days) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VF | Time (min) | Immediate postoperative | aPO (days after surgery) | ||||
| 1 | LVF | 115 | 1 | 48 h | Yes — NETF | 5 days | 932 |
| 2 | LVF | 89 | 1 | 48 h | Yes — NETF | 5 days | 671 |
| 3 | RVF | 93 | 0 | 6 hc | Yes — NETF | 5 days | 229 |
| 4 | LVF | 75 | 0 | bTrach after surgery | Yes — NETF | 5 days | 250 |
| 5 | LVF | 99 | 0 | 6 hc | Yes — NETF | 5 days | 48 |
| 6 | LVF | 71 | 0 | 6 hc | Yes — NETF | Still on mixed diet | 127 |
| Average (SD) | 90.3 (20.4) | ||||||
| Average (SD) | 239.5 (347.3) | ||||||
| Associated procedures | Post-operative complications | Revision procedures | Recovery of mobility | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | Surgical wound infection and granuloma (19° POD) VF granuloma (22° and 43° POD) | Granuloma removal VF (22° and 43° POD) | No |
| 2 | Supraglottoplasty | Granuloma VF (7° POD) | Granuloma removal VF | Partial (RVF) |
| 3 | No | Suture dehiscence | RVF (21° POD) | No |
| 4 | No | Suture dehiscence | LVF lateralization (63° POD) | Partial (RVF) |
| 5 | No | No | No | No |
| 6 | No | No | No | No |
LVF, left vocal fold; RVD, right vocal fold; POETI, post operative endotracheal intubation; ETI-PO, endotracheal intubation post operative; FU, follow up; Trach, tracheostomy; AA, ambient air; p.o, per oral; NETF, nasoenteral tube feeding; VF, vocal fold; SD, standard deviation; POD, postoperative day.
a
Indicates the days until complete oral feeding after oral rehabilitation.
b
It was impossible to remove the tracheostomy in the post-op period, and the tracheostomy was kept on ventilation without the need for Ayre.
c
Time to remove nasal catheter with supplemental oxygen.