Table 3.
Subjective outcomes in the short-term evaluation and long-term follow-up.
| ITEM | Never N/% |
Days N/% |
Weeks N/% |
Months N/% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swallowing problems in the postoperative period | 69/49 | 15/11 | 29/21 | 27/19 |
|
No
N/% |
Mild
N/% |
Moderate
N/% |
Severe
N/% |
|
|
Residual Swallowing difficult (PPOPS evaluation) |
127/91 | 11/8 | 2/1 | 0/0 |
|
Rhinolalia (PPOPS evaluation) |
129/92 | 8/6 | 3/2 | 0/0 |
|
Never
N/% |
Rarely
N/% |
Often
N/% |
Always
N/% |
|
|
Nose regurgitation (PPOPS evaluation) |
138/98 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 |
|
0–5 Kg
N/% |
6–20 Kg
N/% |
|||
|
Weight loss (PPOPS evaluation) |
90/64 | 50/36 | ||
|
No
N/% |
Mild
N/% |
Moderate
N/% |
Severe
N/% |
|
| Foreign body in throat after surgery | 67/48 | 34/24 | 27/19 | 12/9 |
| Sticky mucus in throat | 119/85 | 18/13 | 3/2 | 0/0 |
| Pain in throat at rest after surgery | 92/66 | 14/10 | 20/14 | 28/20 |
| Pain in throat during swallowing after surgery | 41/29 | 15/11 | 34/24 | 50/36 |
|
YES
N/% |
NO
N/% |
I don’t know
N/% |
||
|
Discourage others to procedure? (PPOPS evaluation) |
22/16 | 108/77 | 10/7 | |