Kazunori Fujiwara1, Kenkichiro Taira2, Ryohei Donishi2, Satoshi Koyama2, Tsuyoshi Morisaki2, Takahiro Fukuhara2, Hiromi Takeuchi2. 1. Division of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Sensory and Motor Organs, School of Medicine, Tottori University Faculty of Medicine, Yonago, 683-8504, Japan. kfujiwa@med.tottori-u.ac.jp. 2. Division of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Sensory and Motor Organs, School of Medicine, Tottori University Faculty of Medicine, Yonago, 683-8504, Japan.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Transoral surgery (TOS) has been used to remove pharyngeal and laryngeal cancers with the objective of improving functional without worsening survival. However, there is a risk of postoperative dysphagia, which can severely impair quality of life. The aim of this study was to evaluate the preoperative predictive factors for postoperative dysphagia in patients undergoing TOS. METHODS: One hundred and twenty patients who underwent TOS were evaluated in this study. The degree of dysphagia was evaluated using the Functional Outcome Swallowing Scale (FOSS) both preoperatively and 3 months postoperatively. Those whose FOSS stage was maintained postoperatively were classified into the FOSS-M group, while those with increased FOSS stage postopratively were classified into the FOSS-I group. The following parameters were assessed before surgery: age, weight, height, body mass index (BMI), forced expiratory volume in 1 s, and history of head and neck radiotherapy. Videofluoroscopy (VF) was performed preoperatively to evaluate swallowing function using the Penetration-Aspiration Scale (PAS). RESULTS: The BMI of the FOSS-M group was significantly higher than that of the FOSS-I group. A history of radiotherapy was significantly more common in the FOSS-I group than in the FOSS-M group. Finally, preoperative PAS in the FOSS-M group was lower than that in the FOSS-I group. CONCLUSION: This study suggested that patients with preoperative aspiration detected using VF might develop postoperative dysphagia severely. In addition, preoperative low BMI and a history of previous radiotherapy for head and neck cancer were associated with postoperative dysphagia. Objective examinations such as VF should be performed preoperatively.
BACKGROUND: Transoral surgery (TOS) has been used to remove pharyngeal and laryngeal cancers with the objective of improving functional without worsening survival. However, there is a risk of postoperative dysphagia, which can severely impair quality of life. The aim of this study was to evaluate the preoperative predictive factors for postoperative dysphagia in patients undergoing TOS. METHODS: One hundred and twenty patients who underwent TOS were evaluated in this study. The degree of dysphagia was evaluated using the Functional Outcome Swallowing Scale (FOSS) both preoperatively and 3 months postoperatively. Those whose FOSS stage was maintained postoperatively were classified into the FOSS-M group, while those with increased FOSS stage postopratively were classified into the FOSS-I group. The following parameters were assessed before surgery: age, weight, height, body mass index (BMI), forced expiratory volume in 1 s, and history of head and neck radiotherapy. Videofluoroscopy (VF) was performed preoperatively to evaluate swallowing function using the Penetration-Aspiration Scale (PAS). RESULTS: The BMI of the FOSS-M group was significantly higher than that of the FOSS-I group. A history of radiotherapy was significantly more common in the FOSS-I group than in the FOSS-M group. Finally, preoperative PAS in the FOSS-M group was lower than that in the FOSS-I group. CONCLUSION: This study suggested that patients with preoperative aspiration detected using VF might develop postoperative dysphagia severely. In addition, preoperative low BMI and a history of previous radiotherapy for head and neck cancer were associated with postoperative dysphagia. Objective examinations such as VF should be performed preoperatively.
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