The current role of salvage surgery in recurrent head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

M Hamoir, S Schmitz, C Suarez, P Strojan… - Cancers, 2018 - mdpi.com
Chemoradiotherapy has emerged as a gold standard in advanced squamous cell carcinoma
of the head and neck (SCCHN). Because 50% of advanced stage patients relapse after …

Salvage surgery in recurrent oral squamous cell carcinoma

KSR Shetty, V Kurle, P Greeshma, VB Ganga… - Frontiers in Oral …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
More than half of patients with oral cancer recur even after multimodality treatment and
recurrent oral cancers carry a poorer prognosis when compared to other sites of head and …

Reducing risks for poor surgical wound healing

DB Hom, ME Davis - Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics, 2023 - facialplastic.theclinics.com
Normal wound healing of the face and neck is a commonly expected and assumed outcome
from patients. However, when postsurgical wound complications occur, disfigurement and …

Surface enzyme-polymerization endows Janus hydrogel tough adhesion and regenerative repair in penetrating orocutaneous fistulas

Y Ju, C Ma, L Ding, M Shi, X Wang, D Wu, Q Wu… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Penetrating orocutaneous or oropharyngeal fistulas (POFs), severe complications following
unsuccessful oral or oropharyngeal reconstruction, remain complex clinical challenges due …

Prognostic factors in salvage surgery for recurrent head and neck cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis

V Lupato, V Giacomarra, S Alfieri, G Fanetti… - Critical Reviews in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction Although salvage surgery (SS) is considered the best curative choice in
recurrent head and neck cancer, the identification of patients who can benefit the most from …

Wound monitoring of pH and oxygen in patients after radiation therapy

S Auerswald, S Schreml, R Meier, A Blancke Soares… - Radiation …, 2019 - Springer
Objectives Postradiogenic wound healing disorders are an important clinical problem. While
a variety of treatment modalities are available, there is no strategy to objectively judge …

Predictors of complications occurrence associated with emergency surgical tracheotomy

AD Jotic, JP Milovanovic, AS Trivic… - … –Head and Neck …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective In emergency airway management, the occurrence of surgical tracheotomy
complications is increased and may be fatal for the patient. However, the factors that play a …

Fascio-cutaneous-free flaps as primary reconstruction in salvage total laryngectomy

C Piazza, A Paderno, F Del Bon, A Grammatica… - European Archives of …, 2021 - Springer
Introduction Salvage total laryngectomy (STL) is the most common treatment for recurrent
laryngeal cancer after (chemo)-radiotherapy [(C) RT]. In this scenario, a higher rate of local …

Impact of previous irradiation on wound healing after negative pressure wound therapy in head and neck cancer patients—a systematic review

M Faisal, PD Berend, R Seemann, S Janik, S Grasl… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The study has focused on the use of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
(NPWT) specifically in head and neck cancer patients. The sole purpose of using NPWT is to …

A pre-operative prognostic score for the selection of patients for salvage surgery after recurrent head and neck squamous cell carcinomas

V Lupato, J Polesel, FB La Torre, G Fanetti, E Fratta… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Salvage surgery in recurrent head and neck squamous cell carcinoma has a poor outcome,
both in terms of survival and quality of life. Therefore, the identification of pre-operative …