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

Eur J Surg Oncol

Department of Head and Neck Oncology and Surgery, Netherlands Cancer Institute/Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Published: April 2021

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.

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