Surgical site complications of isolated salvage neck dissection post-radiotherapy and post-chemoradiotherapy - A cohort analysis (1997-2017).

Introduction: This study aims to quantify surgical site complications (SSC) after isolated salvage neck dissection (ND) compared with primary ND.

Patients And Methods: Between 1997 and 2017 in the Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, a total of 323 isolated NDs were performed in 308 patients: primary ND (n = 144), post-radiotherapy (RT) ND (n = 53) and post-chemoradiotherapy (CRT) ND (n = 126). Patient, tumor and therapy characteristics were recorded.

Surgical site complications of post-chemoradiotherapy neck dissection: Urgent need for standard registration.

Nowadays, a substantial number of head and neck cancer patients are treated by organ-preserving chemoradiation (CRT), with a possible increased risk of complications after planned or salvage neck dissections. We try to determine the risk pattern of surgical site complications (SSC) post-CRT.