Table 2 Treatment characteristics.

All

617

100

First or recurrent tumor treatment

 First tumor treatment

467

75.7

 Recurrent tumor treatment

150

24.3

  Prior surgery

130

21.1

  Prior radiotherapy

81

13.1

Treatment

 Laryngectomy

617

100

  Without pharyngectomy

355

57.5

  With pharyngectomy

262

42.5

  No flap

537

87.0

  Regional flap

27

4.4

  Distant flap

44

7.1

  Microvacular free flap

9

1.5

  With thyroid resection

44

7.1

 Neck dissection, bilateral

597

96.8

 No neck dissection

3

0.5

 Neck dissection unknown

17

2.8

Postoperative adjuvant treatment

 No

138

22.4

 Radiotherapy

295

47.8

 Radiochemotherapy

143

23.2

 Chemotherapy

15

2.4

 Unknown

26

4.2

Postoperative nutrition

 Nasogastric tube

449

72.8

  NGT still in place at last follow-up

2

0.3

 Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

146

23.7

  PEG in place at last follow-up

52

8.4

 Parenteral

5

0.8

 Unknown

17

2.8

Number of laryngectomies/center/year

4.2 ± 3.7

2.9, 0.1–11.24

Duration of NGT nutrition in days

12.4 ± 9.8

10, 1–103

Duration of PEG nutrition in months

5.8 ± 7.3

3, 0–50