Head and neck cancer surgery in the elderly: Outcome evaluation with the mcpeek score

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 110-115

  Sesterhenn, Andreas M ^a   Schotte, Tobias L ^a   Bauhofer, Artur ^a   Timmesfeld, Nina ^a   Wiegand, Susanne ^a   Werner, Jochen A ^a   Ovassapian, Andranik ^b   Torossian, Alexander ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Head and neck cancer; McPeek score; Outcome; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGIST PHYSICAL STATUS SCORE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CARCINOMA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GROUPS BY AGE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY DISEASE; LARYNX CANCER; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCPEEK SCORE; MELANOMA; MOUTH CANCER; NOSE CANCER; OPERATION DURATION; PHARYNX CANCER; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND CANCER; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 79851490095     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348941112000207     Document Type: Article

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