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Tracheal Tube and Swallowing After Head and Neck Surgery

Recruitingn/aAges 18 Years - 70 YearsAllFondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gem…
NCT05738421 on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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In plain words

What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

The present study was designed as a cross-sectional observational study providing the enrollment of tracheostomized patients undergoing major oncological surgery for head-neck cancer. Aims: * to provide objective data on the bolus transit during swallowing in tracheostomized patients with tracheal tube and without tracheal tube closing directly the tracheal stoma with a plaster, in order to sustain the choice to preserve the TT in dysphagic patients after oncologic surgery for more security during swallowing rehabilitation or adjuvant treatment. * to evaluate the features of swallowing, specifically bolus transit, in patients affected by head and neck cancer who underwent major oncological surgery.

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📋 Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion criteria * Age \>18 years * Tracheal tube diameter of 5.0 mm and outside diameter of 9.4 mm * Tolerance of the tracheal tube capping for almost 48 hours without pathologic desaturation during continue monitoring of SpO2 * Ability to swallow in accordance to the inpatient training program * Ability to suck with a straw without oral leakage Exclusion criteria * Previous head and neck radiotherapy * Patients with nasal tube feeding * Patients with poor cognition or poor general condition or affected by neurological o other nontumor-related dysphagia * Patients total laryngectomized * Patients unable to maintain the orthostatic position
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What it tests

  • fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing
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Where

1 site
Maria Raffaella Marchese
Roma, Italy
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