Surgical site infection in elderly oral cancer patients: Is the evaluation of comorbid conditions helpful in the identification of high-risk ones?

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2445-2452

  Ma, Chun Yue ^a   Ji, Tong ^b   Ow, Andrew ^c   Zhang, Chen Ping ^b   Sun, Jian ^b   Zhou, Xiang Hui ^b   Wang, Li Zhen ^b   Sun, Kang De ^b   Han, Wei ^b  

^a Shanghai Research Institute of Stomatology   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; OPERATION DURATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; OPERATIVE TIME; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SMOKING; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84866370519     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: 15315053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2011.10.019     Document Type: Article

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