The roles of albumin levels in head and neck cancer patients with liver cirrhosis undergoing tumor ablation and microsurgical free tissue transfer.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the changes of serum albumin levels during the peri-operative period, and correlate these changes to surgical outcomes, postoperative morbidity and mortality in head and neck cancer patients with cirrhosis. METHODS: 57 patients with liver cirrhosis out of 3,022 patients who un...

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Main Authors: Huang-Kai Kao, Wei F Chen, Chih-Hao Chen, Victor Bong-Hang Shyu, Ming-Huei Cheng, Kai-Ping Chang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3532449?pdf=render