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Published in: Dysphagia 1/2023

02-07-2022 | Addiction | Original Article

Risk Factors for Feeding Tube Dependency in Patients Undergoing Function Preservation Surgery for Advanced-Stage Laryngohypopharyngeal Cancer

Authors: Manal Bin-Manie, Yeonjoo Choi, Jong-Lyel Roh, Seung-Ho Choi, Soon Yuhl Nam, Sang Yoon Kim

Published in: Dysphagia | Issue 1/2023

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Abstract

Dysphagia and feeding tube dependency commonly occur in patients with laryngeal or hypopharyngeal cancer (LHC) during and after treatment, often leading to poor functional outcomes. Therefore, we examined the factors related to feeding tube dependency among advanced-stage LHC patients undergoing curative surgery. This study included 69 consecutive patients who underwent conservative surgery for previously untreated, advanced-stage LHC (squamous cell carcinoma) between 2006 and 2016. Persistent feeding tube dependency was defined as 1 year or more after treatment completion. Binary logistic regression analysis was used to determine the factors associated with reactive prolonged and persistent feeding tube dependency. Cox proportional hazard regression analysis was used to determine the association between feeding tube dependency and survival. None of the study patients had a prophylactic feeding tube, but 15 (21.7%) patients had reactive feeding tube placement for 3 months or more. A total of 9 (13.0%) patients had persistent feeding tube dependency. Univariate analysis showed that age, tracheostomy, and common terminology criteria for adverse events (CTCAE) ≥ 3 were significantly associated with reactive prolonged and persistent feeding tube dependency (all P < 0.05). In the multivariate analysis, advanced age and CTCAE ≥ 3 remained the independent factors of reactive prolonged and persistent feeding tube dependency (all P < 0.05). Feeding tube dependency was not associated with overall survival or disease-free survival (P > 0.1). Feeding tube dependency might be related to clinical factors, such as age and severe adverse events, in the patients undergoing function-preserving surgery for advanced-stage LHC.
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Metadata
Title
Risk Factors for Feeding Tube Dependency in Patients Undergoing Function Preservation Surgery for Advanced-Stage Laryngohypopharyngeal Cancer
Authors
Manal Bin-Manie
Yeonjoo Choi
Jong-Lyel Roh
Seung-Ho Choi
Soon Yuhl Nam
Sang Yoon Kim
Publication date
02-07-2022
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Dysphagia / Issue 1/2023
Print ISSN: 0179-051X
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0460
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00455-022-10488-4

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