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Pretreatment computed tomographic gross tumor volume as predictor of persistence of tracheostomy and percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube in patients undergoing larynx preservation
Author(s) -
Hurst Newton J.,
Pereira Lucio M.,
Dominello Michael M.,
Dyson Gregory,
Laszewski Pamela,
Robinette Natasha,
Lin HoSheng,
Yoo George,
Sukari Ammar,
Kim Harold
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
head and neck
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.012
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1097-0347
pISSN - 1043-3074
DOI - 10.1002/hed.24458
Subject(s) - medicine , larynx , percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy , laryngectomy , gastrostomy , surgery , feeding tube , gastrostomy tube , peg ratio , confidence interval , predictive value , tube (container) , nuclear medicine , radiology , finance , economics , mechanical engineering , engineering
Background Although larynx preservation affords patients improvements in laryngectomy‐free survival, little has been reported regarding the functional outcomes after larynx preservation. The purpose of this study was to report the predictive value of pretreatment CT‐gross tumor volume (GTV) for persistence of tracheostomy and percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube in larynx preservation patients. Methods Each patient had a CT scan before initiation of therapy and the GTV was contoured. Results Using recursive partitioning analysis (RPA), threshold GTVs of 27.16 cc and 12 cc were identified for association of time with tracheostomy and PEG tube, respectively. Median (95% confidence interval [CI]) times above and below these thresholds were 1.84 (1.06–not reached [NR]) and 0.75 (0.63–1.26) years, respectively ( p = .03) for time with tracheostomy and 1.75 (1.34–NR) and 0.84 (0.46–NR) years, respectively ( p = 0.10) for time with PEG tube. Conclusion This study demonstrates that pretreatment CT‐GTV is predictive of an approximately 2.5‐fold and approximately 2‐fold, respectively, increase in time with tracheostomy and PEG tube. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Head Neck 38: First–1458, 2016