Table 1.

Patient characteristics.

Age	Sex	Year of diagnosis	Carcinoma location	Stage	Carcinoma therapy	Comorbidities	Tracheostomy	Feeding tube	Reason for MMFTL	Fistula
81	M	1997 2008	Oral cavity Larynx	T4aN1 T1aN0	Resection + RT Laser cordectomy	Cachexia	No	Yes	Aspiration pneumonia	No
54	M	2010 2013	Oropharynx Recurrence	T2N1	RT Parotidectomy + radical neck dissection + carotid artery graft + ChemoRT	X + XII palsy	Yes	Yes	Aspiration pneumonia	No
69	M	2009 2014	Oropharynx Supraglottis	T2N2a T3N0	Neck dissection + ChemoRT Supraglottic laryngectomy	Lung cancer	Yes	Yes	Aspiration pneumonia	No
66	M	1997	Larynx	T2N0	ChemoRT	Stroke	Yes	Yes	Aspiration pneumonia	No
72	F	ALS with major swallowing disability RT 7.5 Gy to salivary glands				–	No	Yes	Aspiration pneumonia No speech + no oral feeding	No
70	F	2002 2003	Oropharynx Recurrence	T4aN2b	ChemoRT Neck dissection + carotid artery graft	Bilateral cord palsy Cachexia	No	Yes	Aspiration pneumonia	No
78	M	2015	Larynx	T3N0	ChemoRT	Parkinson Chondronecrosis	Yes	Yes	No speech + no oral feeding	Yes
81	M	2009 2014	Oropharynx Oral cavity Recurrence	T2N0 T2N0	ChemoRT Transoral resection Composite resection	–	No	Yes	No oral feeding + oropharyngeal stenosis and invalidating crusting	No
80	F	1998	Oropharynx	T1N2b	RT	Cachexia	No	No	Recurrent pharyngeal and supraglottic narrowing	No
59	F	2015	Larynx	T3N1	CHEP + ChemoRT	–	Yes	Yes	Aspiration pneumonia	No