Head and neck cancer surgery in the elderly - Does age influence the postoperative course?

Oral Oncology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 92-95

  Milet, Pedro Ricardo ^a,b   Mallet, Yann ^a   El Bedoui, Sophie ^a   Penel, Nicolas ^a,c   Servent, Véronique ^a   Lefebvre, Jean Louis ^a  

^a CENTRE OSCAR LAMBRET   (France)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Age; Comorbidities; Complications; Elderly; Head and neck cancer; Oral cancer; Postoperative mortality; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 74649084521     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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