*6.3.3 Short-term results*

After this first injection, the patient was still not able to swallow anything. He continued to develop pneumonias for which he used antibiotics daily. Because of the serious health risks related to the recurrent pneumonias, and his low swallowing related quality of life as measured by the SWAL-QOL (see **Table 3**), this patient decided to undergo a functional total laryngectomy in 2018.
