Resumen
The purpose of our study was to evaluate the effectiveness of procalcitonin (PCT) as a positive predictive factor for the early identification of post-surgical wound complications, such as cutaneous pharyngeal fistulas, in patients undergoing total laryngectomy. We took into consideration 36 patients who underwent total laryngectomy, dividing them into two groups: a first group made up of 27 patients who had no post-operative complications; a second group made up of 9 patients who had the onset of pharyngeal-cutaneous fistula as a complication. In both groups we evaluated the procalcitonin values at various times in order to evaluate the values found with the onset of the complication.