The purpose of this analysis was to determine the most important factors contributing to operative wound infections for patients with head and neck cancer. Four hundred cases were studied prospectively at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center within an 18-month interval. Potential risk factors were categoriz
Postoperative wound infection. A poor prognostic sign for patients with head and neck cancer
β Scribed by Jennifer R. Grandis; Carl H. Snyderman; Jonas T. Johnson; Victor L. Yu; Frank D'Amico
- Book ID
- 102673158
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 515 KB
- Volume
- 70
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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