Oncological and Functional Evaluation of Open Conservation Surgery for Hypopharyngeal Cancer with/without Reconstruction

Table 3

Background for surgery and posttreatment function.

	Time	Blood loss (ml)	OI (days)	CS	FOSS score	Rec	Survival rate: 5-yr
							DSS	OS
Group A	2 h 16 m	28	12	0	83.3	2/12 (16.7%)	100%	73.3%
Group B	7 h 24 m	254	14	0	95.5	4/21 (19.0%)	92.9%	88.4%
Total						6/33 (18.2%)	95.7%	82.3%

Group A, open larynx conservation surgery with primary closure; Group B, open larynx conservation surgery with reconstruction; OI, interval from surgery to full oral intake; CS, Communication Scale, number of abnormal patients; FOSS, Functional Outcome Swallowing Scale, rate of grade 0 or 1; Rec, recurrence; DSS, disease-specific survival rate; OS, overall survival rate.