Incidence and medical complications of COVID-19 in the total laryngectomy population: A population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancers treated with total laryngectomy (TL) may provide a unique avenue for COVID-19 to infect cancer patients. The objective of this investigation was to identify incidence of COVID-19 infection and potential complications in TL patients.

Materials and methods

Data was extracted from TriNetX COVID-19 research network from from 2019 to 2021 and ICD-10 codes were utilized to query for laryngeal or hypopharyngeal cancer, and outcomes of interest. Cohorts were propensity score-matched based on demographics and co-morbidities.

Results

A query of active patients in TriNetX from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2021 identified 36,414 patients with laryngeal or hypopharyngeal cancer out of the 50,474,648 active patients in the database

SUBMITTER: Patel ND 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9946884 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature