Head and neck cancer surgery in an elderly patient population: A retrospective review

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1413-1417

  Yang, R ^a   Lubek, J E ^a   Dyalram, D ^a   Liu, X ^a   Ord, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Head and neck cancer; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORNEA INJURY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOUTH CAVITY; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; URINE RETENTION; VERY ELDERLY; WOUND DEHISCENCE; AGE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; NECK DISSECTION; OPERATION DURATION; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; OPERATIVE TIME; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84922346612     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: 13990020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2014.08.008     Document Type: Article

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