Postoperative wound infection. A poor prognostic sign for patients with head and neck cancer - PubMed (original) (raw)
Postoperative wound infection. A poor prognostic sign for patients with head and neck cancer
J R Grandis et al. Cancer. 1992.
Abstract
Background: The development of a wound infection has been identified as a favorable prognostic factor after oncologic surgical procedures.
Methods: The authors retrospectively studied the relationship between postoperative wound infection, local/regional tumor recurrence, and survival rates in 134 patients undergoing therapeutic surgical resection for squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN).
Results: The median age was 61 years (range, 25-87 years) with most (75%) patients having advanced disease (Stage III or IV). Patients without evidence of recurrent disease were followed up for a median time of 34 months (range, 24-68 months). Twenty-nine (22%) had local or regional bacterial infections develop postoperatively. Recurrence rates were increased (P = 0.008) in patients with postoperative wound infections compared with patients who had distant infections, e.g., pneumonia or urinary tract infection, or no infection. Disease-free survival also was adversely affected (P = 0.04) in this group. Both advanced tumor stage and postoperative wound infections were independently associated with decreased survival, with odds ratios of 2:3 and 2:4, respectively.
Conclusions: These data contrast with other reports in the literature of a beneficial effect of postoperative wound infection on outcome. These findings suggest a possible relationship between local/regional immune function and postoperative infection in patients with SCCHN:
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