Table 1 Patients’ characteristics
Demographic Data | Entire cohort n = 234 | With sec. Trach. or early reintubation (< 24 h) n = 21 | Without sec. Trach. or early reintubation (< 24 h) n = 213 |
|---|---|---|---|
Age [years] | 63 (54 | 73) | 64 (60 | 71) | 62 (54 | 62) |
BMI [kg/m2] | 24 (21 | 28) | 23 (21| 25) | 25 (21 | 29) |
Male / female | 130 (56%) | 104 (44%) | 11 (52%) | 10 (48%) | 119 (56%) | 94 (44%) |
ASA and Mallampati Score | |||
ASA 1 | 2| 3| 4 | missing ASA | 15 (6%) | 110 (47%)| 98 (42%)| 6 (2.6%) | 5 (2.1%) | 0 | 10 (48%) | 10 (48%) | 0 |1 (5%) | 15 (7%) | 100 (47%) | 88 (41%)| 6 (3%) | 4 (2%) |
Mallampati 3&4 | 65 (28%) | 7 (33%) | 58 (27%) |
Mallampati 1&2 | 118 (50%) | 11 (53%) | 107 (50%) |
Mallampati missing | 51 (22%) | 3 (14%) | 48 (23%) |
Tumor localisation | |||
hard palate | 25 (11%) | 2 (10%) | 23 (10%) |
soft palate | 15 (6%) | 1 (5%) | 14 (6%) |
anterior floor of the mouth | 19 (8%) | 1 (5%) | 18 (8%) |
anterior floor of the mouth with mandibula | 46 (20%) | 9 (43%) | 37 (16%) |
posterior floor of the mouth | 5 (2%) | 0 (0%) | 5 (2%) |
posterior floor of the mouth with mandibula | 52 (22%) | 7 (33%) | 45 (19%) |
buccal (+ other localization) | solitary buccal | 34 (15%) | 9 (4%) | 4 (19%) | 1 (5%) | 30 (13%) | 8 (3%) |
anterior lingual (+other) | solitary anterior lingual | 67 (29%) | 34 (15%) | 3 (14%) | 0 (0%) | 64 (27%) | 34 (15%) |
Surgical procedures | |||
Unilateral neck dissection | bilateral neck dissection | 99 (42%) | 61 (26%) | 5 (24%) | 7 (33%) | 94 (40%) | 54 (23%) |
Latissimus dorsi | 25 (11%) | 10 (48%) | 15 (6%) |
Radial forearm flap | 40 (17%) | 4 (19%) | 36 (15%) |
Reconstruction plate, no primary osseous reconstruction | 62 (26%) | 6 (29%) | 56 (24%) |
Non vascularized iliac crest | 4 (2%) | 1 (5%) | 3 (1%) |
Microvascular osseous reconstruction | 26 (11%) | 7 (33%) | 19 (8%) |
Pelvic | 5 (2%) | 0 (0%) | 5 (3%) |
Scapula | 10 (4%) | 4 (19%) | 6 (3%) |
Fibula | 11 (5%) | 3 (14%) | 8 (3%) |
Minor reconstruction with artificial tissues | 39 (17%) | 0 (0%) | 39 (18%) |
Times | Median (25% Quartile | 75% Quartile) | ||
Length of operation [h] | 6.0 (4.0|9.7) | 11 (9.5 | 14) | 5.8 (3.9 | 8.7) |
Length of ICU stay [h] | 21.7 (18.7|48.7) | 160 (89 | 260) | 21.3 (18.4 | 40) |
Time from ICU admission to extubation [h] | 8.5 (4.1|17.0) | 15 (14 | 24) | 7.4 (4 | 16.4) |
Postoperative airway management and complications (n) | |||
Primary tracheostomy | 2 (1%) | 0 | 2 (1%) |
Composite primary measure (Sec. tracheostomy or early reintubation) | 21 (9%) | 21 (100%) | 0 |
Secondary tracheostomy | 14 (6%) | 14 (67%) | 0 |
Surgical tracheostomy | 10 (71%) | 10 (48%) | 0 |
Dilatative tracheostomy | 4 (29%) | 4 (19%) | 0 |
Reintubation | 15 (6.4%) | 10 (48%) | 5 (2%) |
Early reintubation (< 24 h) | 10 (4.3%) | 10 (48%) | 0 |
Cardiac arrest | 3 (1.3%) | 0 | 3 (1.4%) |
Hospital Mortality | 1 (0.4%) | 1 (5%) | 0 |