MedicineOtolaryngologySurgeryOtolaryngologic SurgeryPharyngeal SurgeryReconstructive Neck SurgeryFistula ManagementLaryngeal ReconstructionNasopharyngeal SurgeryOropharyngeal SurgeryPharyngeal ReconstructionComplications Of Pharyngeal ReconstructionPharyngeal Defect ReconstructionPharyngeal Flap ReconstructionPharyngoesophageal ReconstructionPharyngolaryngeal ReconstructionSalvage Pharyngeal ReconstructionStricture Reconstruction
Twenty-two patients undergoing pharyngolaryngectomy and pharyngeal reconstruction are presented. Four patients died before leaving hospital swallowing. Fistulae and stricture formation were fairly common in patients who had been previously irradiated. The 2-year survival was 37%.
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