[Association of chronic pulmonary obstructive disease (COPD) and complications in head and neck surgery].

COPD presents in a variety of forms patients with head and neck cancer; it may affect therapeutic decision-making or postoperative outcomes due to its complications. To correlate the severity of COPD in patients with head and neck SCC treated with surgery, who present postoperative complications. A retrospective analysis of 31 patients undergoing en bloc resections, from 2008 to 2009.