Impact of comorbidities on perioperative outcomes for carcinoma of oral cavity.
CONCLUSION: Higher Charlson Comorbidity Index score is associated with increased incidence of peri-operative morbidity and mortality, while the Washington University Head and Neck Comorbidity Index is a poor predictor of the same.
PMID: 31841025 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England - Category: Surgery Authors: Katna R, Kalyani N, Agarwal S, Singh S, Deshpande A, Bhosale B, Mumbai Oncology Group – Head and Neck Tags: Ann R Coll Surg Engl Source Type: research
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