title: Effect of wound infections on head and neck cancer.
abstract: There seems to be a consensus in the surgical literature that wound infections after surgery for cancer have a favorable effect on the course of certain malignant diseases. In a review of laryngeal cancer during a 10-year period, the recurrence rate was statistically lower in the group that suffered wound infections than in the group that did not have a wound infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, West Virginia University, Morgantown 26506.
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Ramadan
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Wetmore
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection