Abstract | BACKGROUND: METHOD: RESULTS: Fifty-seven patients (44%) developed a wound infection. Infections were more frequent in hypopharyngeal tumors (p < .001). Surgical wound infection was associated with a worse disease-specific survival (p = .046), but this association was due to the hypopharyngeal subgroup of cases (p = .024). In multivariate analysis, the only parameters significantly associated with a worse disease-specific survival in these cases were nodal extracapsular invasion (p < .001) and surgical wound infection (p = .02). CONCLUSION:
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Authors | Rocío González-Márquez, Juan Pablo Rodrigo, Carlos Suárez Nieto |
Journal | Head & neck
(Head Neck)
Vol. 34
Issue 7
Pg. 1023-7
(Jul 2012)
ISSN: 1097-0347 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 22025258
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Copyright | Copyright © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. |
Topics |
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
(mortality, pathology, surgery)
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- Hypopharyngeal Neoplasms
(mortality, pathology, surgery)
- Laryngeal Neoplasms
(mortality, pathology, surgery)
- Laryngectomy
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Prognosis
- Surgical Wound Infection
(mortality)
- Survival Analysis
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