title: [Clinical outcome of conservative treatment for pharyngocutaneous fistula].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Hospital of Otorhinolaryngology, First Affiliated Hospital, Otorhinolaryngology Institute of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510800, China.
authors.forename: Xiaolin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Weiping
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.forename: Aiyun
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Wenbin
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lei
authors.forename: Lijin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bu
authors.forename: Zhenzhong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Shu
mesh_terms: 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*