TABLE 2.
TORS study | Use of free flaps | Tracheostomy dependence |
PEG tube dependence | No. (%) postop radiation | No. (%) postop chemoradiation | TORS alone (%) without adjuvant therapy |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sinclair69 | No | 0 | 0 | 19/42 (45.2%) | 13/42 (31%) | 10/42 (23.8%) |
Moore12 | No | 0 | 0/45 (0%) | 25/45 (55.6%) | 8/45 (17.8%) | 12/45 (26.7%) |
Genden66 | Yes* | 0 | 0/30 (0%) | 14/30 (46.7%) | 11/30 (36.7%) | 5/30 (16.7%) |
Hurtuk67 | No | 0 | 1/54 (1.9%) | 16/54 (29.6%)† | 33/54 (61.1%) | 7/54 (12.9%) |
Leonhardt68 | No | 0 | 1/38 (2.6%) | 22/36 (61.1%)‡ | 7/36 (19.4%) | 7/35 (19.4%) |
Abbreviations: TORS, transoral robotic surgery; PEG tube, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube.
1 patient;
54 patients had squamous cell carcinoma;
2 patients had prior radiation.