Closure techniques for esophageal reconstruction after total laryngectomy and their impact on fistula formation

Table 1 Patient characteristics

Variable	n (%)
Sex
Male	44 (84.6)
Female	8 (15.4)
Age	59.8 ± 9.6 (mean ± SD)
Pre-RTH	13 (25)
Pre-CHTH	17 (32.7)
Stapler closure	29 (55.8)
Traditional suturing	23 (44.2)
Tumor histology
SCC	48 (92.3)
Sarcoma	3 (5.8)
Papillary thyroid carcinoma	1 (1.9)
Grading
G1	1 (1.7)
G2	30 (58.8)
G3	20 (39.5)
TNM
T1	1 (2)
T2	3 (5.8)
T3	20 (38.4)
T4	28 (53.8)

Pre-CHTH: Pre-surgical chemotherapy; Pre-RTH: Presurgical-radiotherapy.