title: [Current Status and Effectiveness of Perioperative Oral Health Care Management for Lung Cancer and Esophageal Cancer Patients].
abstract: The effectiveness of perioperative oral health care management to decrease the risk of postoperative pneumonia have been reported lately. Since 2014, we introduced perioperative oral health care management for lung cancer and esophageal cancer patients. We report current status and effectiveness of perioperative oral health care management for lung cancer and esophageal cancer patients. Every 100 cases of lung cancer and esophageal cancer patients treated by surgery were classified 2 group with or without perioperative oral health care management and compared about postoperative complications retrospectively. In the lung cancer patients, the group with oral health care management could prevent postoperative pneumonia significantly and had shorter length of hospital stay than the group without oral health care management. In the esophageal cancer patients, there was little occurrence of postoperative pneumonia without significant difference between both group with or without oral health care management. A large number of esophageal cancer patients received neo-adjuvant chemotherapy and some patients developed oral mucositis and received oral care treatment before surgery. Treatment for oral mucositis probably improved oral environment and affected prevention of postoperative pneumonia. Perioperative oral health care management can prevent postoperative pneumonia of lung cancer and esophageal cancer patients by improvement of oral hygiene.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic, Endocrine Surgery and Oncology, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan.
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishino
authors.forename: Hiromitsu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takizawa
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Tomohiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inui
authors.forename: Haruka
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takasugi
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Naoya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kawakita
authors.forename: Seiya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Shoji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sakiyama
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tangoku
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Azuma
authors.forename: Yoshiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamamura
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009909:Oral Health; D009910:Oral Hygiene; D019990:Perioperative Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D012189:Retrospective Studies