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Comparative Study
. 1995 Jul;115(4):566-8.
doi: 10.3109/00016489509139368.

Effect of blood transfusion on tumor recurrence and postoperative pharyngocutaneous fistula formation in patients subjected to total laryngectomy

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Comparative Study

Effect of blood transfusion on tumor recurrence and postoperative pharyngocutaneous fistula formation in patients subjected to total laryngectomy

S Celikkanat et al. Acta Otolaryngol. 1995 Jul.

Abstract

Some surgical oncologists and otolaryngologists have reported that transfusion-induced immunosuppression may increase the incidence of recurrence and infectious complications in patients subjected to head and neck surgery for carcinoma. The relationship between intra-operative blood transfusion and postoperative pharyngocutaneous fistula formation and/or tumor recurrence is controversial. In a retrospective study of 110 total laryngectomized patients, we found no statistically significant differences between the transfused and nontransfused groups in terms of tumor recurrence and fistula formation.

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