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TORS - RAH EXPERIENCE<br />

POST-OPERATIVE EVENTS<br />

HOSPITAL STAY<br />

� 3 to 6 days<br />

� Limited by recovery from neck dissection<br />

COMPLICATIONS<br />

� 0 Intra-operative<br />

� 5 Early Post-operative<br />

� 3 Pneumonia<br />

� 1 Chyle leak<br />

� 1 Volvulus<br />

DYSARTHRIA<br />

� 1 Tethered by Buccinator Flap until Flap divided<br />

SWALLOWING<br />

� 11 <strong>Oral</strong> Intake after Day 3<br />

� 1 PEG dependent for 6 months (Patient with 3 rd primary UADT SCC)<br />

� 1 PEG supplement<br />

� 1 PEG dependent after Post-operative Radiotherapy<br />

� 1 PEG dependent after CRT<br />

FOLLOW UP<br />

� Longest 12 months<br />

� 12 Free of disease

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