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Surgical site complications of post-chemoradiotherapy neck dissection: Urgent need for standard registration

  • Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital
  • Netherlands Cancer Institute
  • Department of Internal Medicine, section of Geriatric Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
  • Leiden University Medical Center

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Abstract

Nowadays, a substantial number of head and neck cancer patients are treated by organ-preserving chemoradiation (CRT), with a possible increased risk of complications after planned or salvage neck dissections. We try to determine the risk pattern of surgical site complications (SSC) post-CRT.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)764-771
Number of pages8
JournalEuropean journal of surgical oncology
Volume47
Issue number4
Early online date2020
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2021

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
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Keywords

  • Chemoradiotherapy
  • Complication
  • Lymph node metastasis
  • Multimodality treatment
  • Neck dissection
  • Organ preservation therapy
  • Planned neck dissection
  • Salvage therapy
  • Surgical site infection
  • Systematic review

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