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EXPERIENCE WITH SURGERY FOR HEAD AND NECK CANCER IN A GERIATRIC POPULATION
Author(s) -
TROTT J. A.,
DAVID D. J.,
EDWARDS R. M.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1982.tb06090.x
Subject(s) - medicine , debility , cancer surgery , head and neck , head and neck cancer , surgery , head and neck surgery , general surgery , cancer , otorhinolaryngology , radiation therapy , ophthalmology
Twenty‐five patients with head and neck cancer aged seventy years or older and who were treated surgically by the Plastic Surgery Unit at the Royal Adelaide Hospital over a six year period were reviewed. This study allowed us to formulate definitions of the terms “old age” and “debility” as contraindications to surgery in otherwise operable cases. Our management programme for patients having head and neck cancer surgery is described in detail.