[Clinical outcome of conservative treatment for pharyngocutaneous fistula].
OBJECTIVE
To analyze the conservative management and outcomes of pharyngocutaneous fistula after total laryngectomy.


METHODS
Twenty-one patients with postoperative fistulas were identified and treated by conservative therapy.


RESULTS
Different treatment were given basing on the three stages of pharyngocutaneous fistula: drainage and cleaning stage, pressure bandaging stage and healing stage. Fourteen patients (66.7%) with the conservative therapy resumed oral feeding after closure of fistula, the other 7 patients had to be cured by further operation.


CONCLUSIONS
Management basing on the stages of pharyngocutaneous fistula can achieve satisfied outcome. It can provide important information for pharyngocutaneous fistula's treatment.
Zhu
Xiaolin
X
Hospital of Otorhinolaryngology, First Affiliated Hospital, Otorhinolaryngology Institute of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510800, China.
Wen
Weiping
W
Jiang
Aiyun
A
Lei
Wenbin
W
Bu
Lijin
L
Shu
Zhenzhong
Z
D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery; D017577:Cutaneous Fistula / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D007825:Laryngectomy / Q000009:adverse effects; D010608:Pharyngeal Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy*