Abstract:Abstract:ObjectiveTo evaluate the nutritional status and relationship between nutritional risk and postoperative complications through nutritional risk screening 2002 (NRS 2002) in elderly patients with laryngeal carcinoma (LC).MethodsNRS 2002 was applied to screen nutritional risks in 211 cases suffering from LC and received surgical treatment in our department from Jan 2010 to Dec 2012. Chisquare test was adopted analyze the ratio of nutritional risk in LC patients after surgery, the relationship between incidence of postoperative complications and nutritional risk was also explored.ResultsNutritional risk existed in 88 of the 211 LC patients. Nutritional risk was identified in 4 of 25 patients with clinical stage I/II, 56 of 146 with stage III and 28 of 40 with stage IV, which indicated high nutritional risk was correlated with advanced clinical stage (χ2=24.12, P<0.05). Complications occurred in 32 of the 211 patients. Of the 32 cases, 28 were accompanied with nutritional risk and 4 without nutritional risk, and the difference was statistically significant(χ2=25.07,P<0.01). Complications were found in 18 of 43 patients received total laryngectomy. Of them, 15 were accompanied with nutritional risk and 3 without, and the difference was statistically significant(χ2=22.03, P<0.05).ConclusionNutritional risk exists in some patients after laryngectomy and is correlated with clinical stage of LC. High prevalence of postoperative complications is correlated with nutritional risk. What’s more, prevalence of postoperative complication is closely related with nutritional risk in patients after total laryngectomy.