Disposition of elderly patients after head and neck reconstruction

JAMA Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 139, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1236-1241

  Hatcher, Jeanne L ^a   Bell, Elizabeth Bradford ^b   Browne, J Dale ^c   Waltonen, Joshua D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ILIAC CREST; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING CARE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SALIVARY GLAND TUMOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; STOMACH TUBE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TRACHEOTOMY; VERY ELDERLY; WOUND CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892407989     PISSN: 21686181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaoto.2013.5054     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Cancer facts and figures. American Cancer Society website. August 16, 2010. www.cancer.org/Research/CancerFactsFigures/index. Accessed January 16, 2012.
2. Syrigos KN, Karachalios D, Karapanagiotou EM, Nutting CM, Manolopoulos L, Harrington KJ. Head and neck cancer in the elderly: an overview on the treatment modalities. Cancer Treat Rev. 2009;35(3):237-245.
3. Parker SL, Tong T, Bolden S, Wingo PA. Cancer statistics, 1997. CA Cancer J Clin. 1997;47(1):5-27.
4. Ferrier MB, Spuesens EB, Le Cessie S, Baatenburg de Jong RJ. Comorbidity as a major risk factor for mortality and complications in head and neck surgery. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2005;131(1):27-32.
5. Feinstein AR, Schimpff CR, Andrews JF Jr, Wells CK. Cancer of the larynx: a new staging system and a re-appraisal of prognosis and treatment. J Chronic Dis. 1977;30(5):277-305.
6. Piccirillo JF, Wells CK, Sasaki CT, Feinstein AR. New clinical severity staging system for cancer of the larynx: five-year survival rates. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 1994;103(2):83-92.
7. Pugliano FA, Piccirillo JF, Zequeira MR, et al. Clinical-severity staging system for oropharyngeal cancer: five-year survival rates. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1997;123(10):1118-1124.
8. Pugliano FA, Piccirillo JF, Zequeira MR, Fredrickson JM, Perez CA, Simpson JR. Clinical-severity staging system for oral cavity cancer: five-year survival rates. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1999;120(1):38-45.
9. Singh B, Bhaya M, Stern J, et al. Validation of the Charlson comorbidity index in patients with head and neck cancer: a multi-institutional study. Laryngoscope. 1997;107(11, pt 1):1469-1475.
10. Singh B, Bhaya M, Zimbler M, et al. Impact of comorbidity on outcome of young patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Head Neck. 1998;20(1):1-7.
11. Hall SF, Rochon PA, Streiner DL, Paszat LF, Groome PA, Rohland SL. Measuring comorbidity in patients with head and neck cancer. Laryngoscope. 2002;112(11):1988-1996.
12. Sanabria A, Carvalho AL, Vartanian JG, Magrin J, Ikeda MK, Kowalski LP. Comorbidity is a prognostic factor in elderly patients with head and neck cancer. Ann Surg Oncol. 2007;14(4):1449-1457.
13. Sanabria A, Carvalho AL, Melo RL, et al. Predictive factors for complications in elderly patients who underwent head and neck oncologic surgery. Head Neck. 2008;30(2):170-177.
14. Pignon T, Horiot JC, Van den Bogaert W, Van Glabbeke M, Scalliet P. No age limit for radical radiotherapy in head and neck tumours. Eur J Cancer. 1996;32A(12):2075-2081.
15. Milet PR, Mallet Y, El Bedoui S, Penel N, Servent V, Lefebvre JL. Head and neck cancer surgery in the elderly: does age influence the postoperative course? Oral Oncol. 2010;46(2):92-95.
16. Reid BC, Alberg AJ, Klassen AC, et al. Comorbidity and survival of elderly head and neck carcinoma patients. Cancer. 2001;92(8):2109-2116.
17. Bhattacharyya N, Fried MP. Benchmarks for mortality, morbidity, and length of stay for head and neck surgical procedures. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2001;127(2):127-132.
18. Coskunfirat OK, Chen HC, Spanio S, Tang YB. The safety ofmicrovascular free tissue transfer in the elderly population. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2005;115(3):771-775.
19. Malata CM, Cooter RD, Batchelor AGG, Simpson KH, Browning FSC, Kay SPJ. Microvascular free-tissue transfers in elderly patients: the Leeds experience. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1996;98(7):1234-1241.
20. Shaari CM, Buchbinder D, Costantino PD, Lawson W, Biller HF, Urken ML. Complications of microvascular head and neck surgery in the elderly. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1998;124(4):407-411.
21. Ozkan O, Ozgentas HE, Islamoglu K, Boztug N, Bigat Z, Dikici MB. Experiences with microsurgical tissue transfers in elderly patients. Microsurgery. 2005;25(5):390-395.
22. Furnas H, Canales F, Lineaweaver W, Buncke GM, Alpert BS, Buncke HJ. Microsurgical tissue transfer in patients more than 70 years of age. Ann Plast Surg. 1991;26(2):133-139.
23. Bonawitz SC, Schnarrs RH, Rosenthal AI, Rogers GK, Newton ED. Free-tissue transfer in elderly patients. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1991;87(6):1074-1079.
24. Shestak KC, Jones NF. Microsurgical free-tissue transfer in the elderly patient. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1991;88(2):259-263.
25. Shestak KC, Jones NF, Wu W, Johnson JT, Myers EN. Effect of advanced age and medical disease on the outcome of microvascular reconstruction for head and neck defects. Head Neck. 1992;14(1):14-18.
26. Chick LR, Walton RL, Reus W, Colen L, Sasmor M. Free flaps in the elderly. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1992;90(1):87-94.
27. Reece GP, Schusterman MA, Miller MJ, Kroll SS, Baldwin BJ, Wang B. Morbidity associated with free-tissue transfer after radiotherapy and chemotherapy in elderly cancer patients. J Reconstr Microsurg. 1994;10(6):375-382.
28. Bridger AG, O'Brien CJ, Lee KK. Advanced patient age should not preclude the use of free-flap reconstruction for head and neck cancer. Am J Surg. 1994;168(5):425-428.
29. Kowalski LP, Alcantara PS, Magrin J, Parise Júnior O. A case-control study on complications and survival in elderly patients undergoing major head and neck surgery. Am J Surg. 1994;168(5):485-490.
30. Clayman GL, Eicher SA, Sicard MW, Razmpa E, Goepfert H. Surgical outcomes in head and neck cancer patients 80 years of age and older. Head Neck. 1998;20(3):216-223.
31. Pompei S, Tedesco M, Pozzi M, Varanese A, Barile A, Marzetti F. Age as a risk factor in cervicofacial reconstruction. J Exp Clin Cancer Res. 1999;18(2):209-212.
32. Serletti JM, Higgins JP, Moran S, Orlando GS. Factors affecting outcome in free-tissue transfer in the elderly. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2000;106(1): 66-70.
33. Blackwell KE, Azizzadeh B, Ayala C, Rawnsley JD. Octogenarian free flap reconstruction: complications and cost of therapy. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2002;126(3):301-306.
34. Kesting MR, Hölzle F, Wolff KD, et al. Use of microvascular flap technique in older adults with head and neck cancer: a persisting dilemma in reconstructive surgery? J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011;59(3):398-405.
35. Pohlenz P, Blessmann M, Heiland M, Blake F, Schmelzle R, Li L. Postoperative complications in 202 cases ofmicrovascular head and neck reconstruction. J Craniomaxillofac Surg. 2007;35(6-7):311-315.
36. Piccirillo JF, Lacy PD, Basu A, Spitznagel EL. Development of a new head and neck cancer-specific comorbidity index. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2002;128(10):1172-1179.
37. Boruk M, Chernobilsky B, Rosenfeld RM, Har-El G. Age as a prognostic factor for complications of major head and neck surgery. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2005;131(7):605-609.