Postoperative hypoalbuminemia as a risk factor for surgical site infection after oral cancer surgery

Oral Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 178-184

  Lee, J I ^a   Kwon, M ^a   Roh, J L ^a   Choi, Jw ^a   Choi, S H ^a   Nam, Sy ^a   Kim, Sy ^a,b  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Hypoalbuminemia; Oncological surgery; Oral and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma; Risk factor; Serum albumin; Surgery; Surgical site infection

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE RESECTION; MOUTH SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OPERATION DURATION; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; OROPHARYNGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PATIENT HISTORY OF RADIOTHERAPY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; ORAL SURGERY; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SERUM ALBUMIN; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923081287     PISSN: 1354523X     EISSN: 16010825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/odi.12232     Document Type: Article

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