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Table 3 Time intervals (time of occurrence after end of treatment) of aspiration pneumonias, tracheostomies and feeding tubes

From: Long-term functional outcome after laryngeal cancer treatment

Time Intervala

Aspirationb

(permanent)

Tracheostomyb

(permanent)

Feeding Tube

(permanent)

Any

7% (1.8%)

19.8% (3.5%)

25.4% (3.5%)

Peri-treatment

3.4% (0.7%)

10% (1.4%)

20.5% (2.5%)

3 to 24 months

2.7% (0.2%)

7.3% (1.6%)

3.6% (0.8%)

After 2 years

0.9% (0.9%)

2.5% (0.5%)

1.3% (0.2%)

  1. a Events after tumor recurrence (73) are censored
  2. b Patients who initially underwent total laryngectomy (n = 39) are excluded