[Morbidity after cervicofacial cancer surgery].
Identification of specific risk factors by analysis of complications and new reconstructive surgical procedures has changed anaesthesia practice for cervicofacial cancer surgery. In spite of difficult airways and long duration of surgery, the incidence of complications is low. Adapted protocols for patients with cardiac or respiratory diseases allow the reduction of complication rate. Nevertheless, risk of early postoperative death persists and justifies careful monitoring during the first days after surgery. Incidence of local infection remains high.
Bourgain
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Département d'anesthésie-réanimation, institut Gustave-Roussy, 39, rue Camille-Desmoulins, 94805 Villejuif, France. bourgain@igr.fr <bourgain@igr.fr>
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D000758:Anesthesia; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D012307:Risk Factors