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KMID : 1036320150370010028
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Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
2015 Volume.37 No. 1 p.28 ~ p.28
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The evaluation of a scoring system in airway management after oral cancer surgery
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Lee Ho-Jin
Kim Jin-Wook
Choi So-Young
Kim Chin-Soo
Kwon Tae-Geon
Paeng Jun-Youg
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Abstract
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Background: The purpose of this retrospective study was to investigate the usefulness of tracheostomy scoring system in the decision of postoperative airway management in oral cancer patients.
Materials and methods: A total of 104 patients were reviewed in this retrospective study, who underwent radical resection with or without neck dissection and free flap reconstruction due to oral cancer. The patients were classified into three groups according to the timing of the extubation; extubated groups (n?=?51), overnight intubation group (n?=?45), and tracheostomy group (n?=?8). Cameron’s score was used to evaluate the relation between the state of the patient’s airway and the type of the operation.
Results: Tracheostomy was performed in eight patients (8/104, 7.7 %). A total of 22 patients (21.2 %) had more than 5 points of which 17 patients (77.3 %) did not have a tracheostomy and any postoperative emergency airway problems. The tracheostomy scores were significantly different among the three groups. Hospital stay showed a significant correlation with the tracheostomy score.
Conclusions: The scoring system did not quite agree with the airway management of the authors’ clinic; however, it can be one of the clinical factors predicting the degree of the postoperative airway obstruction and surgical aggressiveness for recovery. The further studies are needed for clinically more reliable scoring systems.
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KEYWORD
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Tracheostomy, Oral cancer, Scoring system, Nasotracheal intubation
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