Preoperative oral care and effect on postoperative complications after major cancer surgery.

CONCLUSION: Preoperative oral care by a dentist significantly reduced postoperative complications in patients who underwent cancer surgery.
PMID: 30088267 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The British Journal of Surgery - August 8, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Ishimaru M, Matsui H, Ono S, Hagiwara Y, Morita K, Yasunaga H Tags: Br J Surg Source Type: research