[Multidisciplinary cooperation in surgical treatment of complex head and neck tumor].
OBJECTIVE
To study the multidisciplinary cooperation in surgical treatment of complex head and neck tumors.


METHODS
The data from 22 patients with head and neck tumors who had been given neurosurgery, orthopaedic surgery, plastic and otological surgery were reviewed from April 1995 to June 2000.


RESULTS
Eight of 14 cases of benign tumors had been resected radical; 5 of 8 malignant cases had been moval of macroscopic tumor and 3 received operation for symptom improvement. No surgical death and serious complications were observed. The recurrence rate benign tumors was 21.4% (3/14), all of which were operated on at other hospitals. Follow-up for a year showed that in 8 cases of malignant tumors, 3 were tumor free, 2 survived with tumor, and 3 died.


CONCLUSIONS
To obtain good outcome in treatment for patients with complex tumors of head and neck, cooperative efforts between multidisciplinary surgery are necessary.
Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical University Beijing 100021, China.
Yuehuang
Y
Wu
Yongfa
Y
Qi
Pingzhang
P
Tang
Zhen'gang
Z
Xu
Jing
J
Guo
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods*