Blood transfusion and survival after laryngectomy for laryngeal carcinoma |
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| Authors: | S R Ell P M Stell |
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| Affiliation: | ENT Department, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield. |
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| Abstract: | Survival of patients with surgically treated malignancy may be adversely affected by blood transfusion. Immune suppression due to transfusion has been implicated but remains unproven. We conducted a study of 240 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx undergoing laryngectomy to assess the effect of per-operative blood transfusion on survival. |
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