Tuberculosis and wound healing in head and neck cancer.

Autor: To EW; Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong. edwardto@cuhk.edu.hk, Williams MD, Tsang WM, Pang PC, Lai E
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Asian journal of surgery [Asian J Surg] 2002 Jan; Vol. 25 (1), pp. 66-7.
Abstrakt: Globalization of tuberculosis was noted, especially in immunomodulated patient. Patients having tuberculosis involving the cervical lymph nodes, undergoing resection for squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck region would impact a detrimental effect to the surgery. We report 3 cases that had caused significant morbidity in post resection period.
Databáze: MEDLINE