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Table 1 Aspiration prevention surgeries

From: Correction: Aspiration prevention surgeries: a review

Aspiration prevention surgeries

Types of anesthesia

Operative time

Amount of bleeding

Risk of suture failure

Possible postoperative speech

UES opening effect

Surgeries to remove the larynx

Total laryngectomy [14–19]

G

> 2 h

Relatively large

Relatively low

Eso-S/VP

+

Central-part laryngectomy [20–24]

G, L

≒ 2 h

Small

Low

Eso-S/VP

+

Surgeries to change the tracheal structure

Tracheoesophageal diversion [4, 25–29]

G

> 2 h

Small

Relatively low

Eso-S/VP

−

Laryngotracheal separation [30–34]

G, L

≒ 2 h

Small

Low

−

−

Tracheal flap method [35, 37, 38]

G, L

≒ 2 h

Small

Low

−

−

Surgeries to close the larynx

Supraglottic laryngeal closure

      

  Epiglottic flap [1, 39, 40]

G

≒ 2 h

Small

Moderate

−

−

  Vertical laryngoplasty [41–43]

G

≒ 2 h

Small

Moderate

Possible in some cases

−

  Transoral supraglottic closure [44]

G

≒ 2 h

Small

Moderate

−

−

Glottic laryngeal closure [21, 22, 24, 45–57]

G, L

≒ 2 h

Small

Low

−

With CPM*

Subglottic laryngeal closure [21, 58, 59]

G, L

≒ 2 h

Small

Low

−

With CPM or TC*

  1. G general anesthesia, L local anesthesia, UES upper esophageal sphincter, ≒ 2 h around 2 h; Eso-S esophageal speech, VP voice prosthesis, CPM cricopharyngeal myotomy, TC total cricoidectomy
  2. *Only in patients with cricopharyngeal myotomy or total cricoidectomy