Feeding Tube Utilization in Patients with Salivary Gland Malignancies.

Objectives To evaluate feeding tube utilization in patients with salivary gland malignancies (SGMs). Study Design Case series with planned data collection. Setting The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.

Surveillance direct laryngoscopy and bronchoscopy in children with tracheostomies.

Objectives/hypothesis: To determine utility of surveillance direct laryngoscopy and bronchoscopy (DLB) in children with chronic tracheostomies by examining the frequency of operative intervention in children undergoing an annual DLB.

Study Design: Retrospective medical record review and analysis of operative findings and interventions.

Methods: A retrospective chart review was conducted of all children with tracheostomies who underwent surveillance DLB between 2003 and 2012 at a tertiary children's hospital.