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Primary study · included by 1 review

Factors Leading to Gastrostomy Tube and Tracheostomy Requirements in Patients Treated Initially With Radiotherapy and Salvaged With Surgery and Free Flap Reconstruction.

Tassone 2022 · Tassone Patrick, Wieser Margaret, Givens Alyssa, et al. · The Laryngoscope · 2023

Included by

Tracheostomy in Flap-Based Head and Neck Cancer Surgery: A Meta-Analysis of Indications and Adverse Outcomes.
Non-Cochrane · prognostic · 2026 · cited as Tassone 2022 · Table 1; Figure 2; reference list
Outcome this study informsPooled effectEvidenceCertainty
Overall complication rate
Tracheostomy
Pooled proportion (%) 16.3 [6.9, 28.5]6 studies · 825 participantsGRADE not reported
Overall tracheostomy rate
Tracheostomy
Pooled proportion (%) 54.6 [38.7, 70.0]26 studies · 27029 participantsGRADE not reported

1 including review in total.