Clinical impact of albumin in advanced head and neck cancer patients with free flap reconstruction-a retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Poor nutritional status among patients with advanced stage head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is common. Albumin is a common indicator of nutritional status and has been shown to be a predictor of oncological outcomes and perioperative morbidity. This study aims to determine the prognostic value of the serum albumin level among patients with advanced HNSCC undergoing surgery with simultaneous free flap reconstruction.

Methods

A total of 233 patients with advanced head and neck cancer undergoing tumor resection and immediate microvascular free flap reconstruction in a tertiary referral center were enrolled retrospectively between January 2009 and December 2011. Statistical analyses including Pearson's chi-squared test were used to determine whether there

SUBMITTER: Tsai MH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5853599 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature