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  • Title: Risk factors for surgical wound infections in patients undergoing head and neck oncologic surgery.
    Author: Barry B, Lucet JC, Kosmann MJ, Gehanno P.
    Journal: Acta Otorhinolaryngol Belg; 1999; 53(3):241-4. PubMed ID: 10635401.
    Abstract:
    Risk factors for surgical wound infection are difficult to establish in head and neck surgery. Flap reconstruction, which correlates with tumour size and surgical procedure, appears to be the main risk factor. Attempts should be made by the surgical staff to improve surgical procedures in terms of duration of surgery and choice of the procedure. The intraoperative choice between primary closure and flap reconstruction should be studied further. More subtle risk factors may appear in studies of large groups of patients and/or if a distinction is drawn between early and late SWI.
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