Airway-Associated Complications With and Without Primary Tracheotomy in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Surgery.

Purpose: This study analyzes postoperative airway management, tracheotomy strategies, and airway-associated complications in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma in a tertiary care university hospital setting.

Material And Methods: After institutional approval, airway-associated complications, tracheotomy, length of hospital stay (LOHS), and length of intensive care unit stay were retrospectively recorded. Patients were subdivided in primarily tracheotomized and not-primarily tracheotomized.

The prognostic implications of comorbidity and risk factors for (post)operative complications, days spent in the intensive care unit (ICU), and length of hospitalization in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma: A prospective study.

Background: This study aimed to investigate the prognostic implications of comorbidity/risk factors in a cohort of patients with OSCC.

Methods: The prospective study included patients with biopsy-proven primary OSCC. The impact of potential predictors on (post)operative complications, days spent in the ICU, and length of hospitalization was analyzed using both univariate and multivariate analysis.

Postoperative complications after bimaxillary orthognathic surgery: A retrospective study with focus on postoperative ventilation strategies and posterior airway space (PAS).

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of extubation time on postoperative complications in patients undergoing bimaxillary orthognathic surgery. We therefore retrospectively compared the effect of early extubating (EE) in the operating room versus delayed extubating (LE) on the intensive care unit (ICU) regarding postoperative complications and length of ICU/hospital stay (LOICUS/LOHS). Furthermore, we analyzed the influence of the PAS change on postoperative complications.