Effects of frailty on patients undergoing head and neck cancer surgery with flap reconstruction: a retrospective analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To establish the implications of frailty as a predictor of outcome in patients with head and neck cancer requiring flap repair.

Design

Retrospective cohort.

Data source

We captured data from patients above 60 years old undergoing head and neck tumour resection and free flap reconstruction surgery between June 2019 and June 2020 at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University. The data contain all treatment information.

Outcome variables

Surgery repeated in 30 days, postoperative complications, hospital length of stay, postoperative main biochemical standards.

Exposure variables

Age, sex, smoking history, alcoholism history, American Society of Anesthesiologists score, National Nosocomi

SUBMITTER: Wang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9743268 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature