Table 4 Following criterion should be considered as exclusion for surgery
1 | Age | More than 65Â years |
2 | Co-morbidities/anesthesia tolerance | More than two/high risk |
3 | Prognosis | Less than 60% survival over next 2 years |
4 | Site/ neck status | Hypophayrnygeal tumors or neck N3 disease |
5 | Defect size | Large defect mandating free flap |
6 | COVID-19 status | HRCT with ground glass opacities or rRT-PCR positive |