Predictors of Salivary Fistulas in Patients Undergoing Salvage Total Laryngectomy

Table 1

Preoperative clinicopathologic data for patients who had any type of salivary fistula (major or minor).

Major/minor fistula pooled comparisons	Category	Fistula rate	value
Sex	Males	44.7% (17/38)	0.61
	Females	60% (6/10)
Stage at Dx	1	46.7% (7/15)	0.77
	2	58.3% (7/12)
	3	40% (2/5)
	4	55.6% (5/9)
T stage at Dx	T1	46.7% (7/15)	0.78
	T2	52.9% (9/17)
	T3	44.4% (4/9)
	T4	66.7% (2/3)
N stage at Dx	N0	53.1% (17/32)	0.75
	N1	0.00% (0/2)
	N2B	66.7% (2/3)
	N2C	50.0% (3/6)
Tx at AC	No	42.5% (17/40)	0.13
	Yes	75.0% (6/8)
Chemotherapy/; radiation	XRT alone	56.00% (14/25)	0.39
	ChemoXRT	40.90% (9/22)
Type of surgery	TL alone	57.10% (4/7)	0.70
	TL and neck dissections	46.30% (19/41)

Dx: diagnosis; Tx: treatment; AC: academic center; XRT: radiation; ChemoXRT: chemoradiation; TL: total laryngectomy.