[Comparative study of the use of manual and mechanical suturing in the closure of the mucosal defect in total laryngectomy].

With the present study we try to achieve an objective confirmation of the efficacy given by the mechanical suture in the closing of the pharyngeal defect following a total laryngectomy against the conventional manual suture with absorbable material. Therefore we have studied three random groups of patients: in the first one we include those who had a manual suture (n = 50), in the second one those who had performed a mechanical suture with closed technique (n = 38) and in the third one those who had a mechanical suture with an open technique (n = 12). We have checked that mechanical suture with a closed technique improves significantly the surgical length (212 minutes), the beginning of the oral feeding (10.73 days) and the time of in-hospital stay (13.5 days). Mechanical sutures with a closed technique also reduce the rate of complications such as fistulae (5.26%), infection (0%) and haemorrhage (0%).

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