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Background
To analyze worldwide practices regarding the initiation of oral feeding after total laryngectomy (TL).
Methods
Online survey.
Results
Among the 332 responses received, 278 from 59 countries were analyzed. Our results showed that 45.6% of respondents started water and 45.1% started liquid diet between postoperative days 7 and 10. Semi‐solid feeds were initiated between days 10 and 14...