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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jul 5.
Published in final edited form as: Laryngoscope. 2010 Feb;120(2):267–272. doi: 10.1002/lary.20743

TABLE II.

Best Postoperative Diet After Salvage Surgery for Recurrent Oral and Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma (N = 72).

Diet Oropharyx, No. (%) Oral Cavity, No. (%) Total, No. (%)
Regular 4 (11) 2 (6) 6 (8)
Puree 5 (14) 4 (11) 9 (13)
Liquid 6 (17) 3 (8) 9 (13)
Gastrostomy tube dependent 19 (52) 21 (58) 40 (56)
Unknown 2 (6) 6 (17) 8 (11)