Observational studyMedicine2020
Association of malnutrition with postoperative complication risk after curative surgery for oral cancer: Observational study.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.
- Prevalence of malnutrition and nutritional risk, and associated factors in adults with head and neck cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Pooled it
- Association between risk of malnutrition defined by patient-generated subjective global assessment and adverse outcomes in patients with cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Public health nutrition · 2024Pooled it
- Nutritional conditions in oral squamous cell carcinoma patients -prospective longitudinal observational study.Head & face medicine · 2026Observational
- Prognostic Utility of Controlling Nutritional Status Score in Patients With Oral Cavity Cancer.Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology · 2025Article
- Prognostic Utility of the Modified Systemic Inflammation Score for Patients Undergoing Oral Cavity Cancer Surgery.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Nutritional Status and Quality of Life in Patients with Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Before and After Surgical Oncological Treatment: A Single-Center Retrospective Study.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2024Article
- Nutritional Assessment Tools for Patients with Cancer: A Narrative Review.Current medical science · 2024Review
- A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials comparing enteral immunonutrition (EIN) and standard enteral nutrition regarding biochemical, immunological, and clinical outcomes in gastrectomy patients with gastric cancer and investigating evidence networks for EIN formulae.Wideochirurgia i inne techniki maloinwazyjne = Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques · 2023Article
- The relationship between GLIM-malnutrition, post-operative complications and long-term prognosis in elderly patients undergoing colorectal cancer surgery.Journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2023Article
- Oral Dysfunction in Patients with Oral Cancer Could Occur Before Treatment and Require Early Nutritional Improvement: A Cross-Sectional Study.Dysphagia · 2023Article
- Evaluating the Relationship Between Nutrition and Post-colectomy Pouchitis in Pediatric Patients with Ulcerative Colitis.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2023Article
- Quercetin Mediated TET1 Expression Through MicroRNA-17 Induced Cell Apoptosis in Melanoma Cells.Biochemical genetics · 2023Article
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- Therapeutic Perspectives for the Perioperative Period in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma (OSCC).Frontiers in oral health · 2021Article
- A Non-Randomised Matched-Pair Prospective Study to Evaluate Nutritional Assessment and Its Impact on Postoperative Outcome in Head and Neck Cancer.Annals of maxillofacial surgeryArticle
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Abstract
abstractMalnutrition is common among patients who have oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC), but its effect on the incidence of postoperative complications remains uncertain. Validated nutrition and complication assessment tools were used to evaluate the effects of nutrition on the likelihood of postoperative complications after curative surgery for OSCC.A retrospective study that spanned January 2014 to December 2018 enrolled 70 patients who received curative surgery for OSCC. Nutritional status before surgery was evaluated with the scored Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA), and patients were classified as either well-nourished (rating A) or malnourished (ratings B and C). Complications 30 days after the operation were graded using Clavien-Dindo classification. The perioperative clinicopathological characteristics of the groups were compared, and risk factors for postoperative complications were identified through logistic regression.A total of 44 (62.8%) patients formed the malnourished group, and they tended to be older (P = .03), weigh less (P = .001), have lower Body Mass Index (P = .003), higher PG-SGA scores (P < .001), higher neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (P = .034), more postoperative complications (P < .001), and longer hospital stays (P = .021). Major complications (Clavien-Dindo classification ≥ IIIa) were experienced by 18.5% (n = 13) of patients and were more common in the malnourished group (P = .007). Multivariate logistic regression demonstrated that PG-SGA score ≥4 was an independent risk factor for postoperative complications (hazard ratio = 4.929, P = .008).Malnutrition defined using the PG-SGA is an independent risk factor for postoperative complications of curative surgery in patients with OSCC. More prospective studies are warranted to confirm our findings.
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