Association of Preoperative Functional Performance With Outcomes After Surgical Treatment of Head and Neck Cancer: A Clinical Severity Staging System.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Patients with head and neck cancers have comorbidities and other constitutional symptoms known to be associated with adverse postoperative outcomes, but the role of functional performance is not well studied.

Objective

To explore the addition of functional performance to other clinical factors for association with 3 patient outcomes: 30-day unplanned readmission (UR), 90-day medical complications, and overall survival (OS).

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study was conducted in a single tertiary care center with patients surgically treated for squamous cell cancer of the lip, oral cavity, pharynx, or larynx from January 2012 to December 2016. All analysis took place between January 2018 and November 2018. Data from 2 registries w

SUBMITTER: Sindhar S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6499368 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature