Preoperative oral health care reduces postoperative inflammation and complications in oral cancer patients

  • Authors:
    • Hideo Shigeishi
    • Kouji Ohta
    • Shinichi Fujimoto
    • Takayuki Nakagawa
    • Kuniko Mizuta
    • Shigehiro Ono
    • Hiroshi Shimasue
    • Yoshiaki Ninomiya
    • Koichiro Higashikawa
    • Misato Tada
    • Fumi Ishida
    • Gaku Okui
    • Toshiya Okumura
    • Akiko Fukui
    • Kazumi Kubozono
    • Kazuhiro Yamamoto
    • Yoko Ishida
    • Sayaka Seino
    • Miho Hashikata
    • Kazuki Sasaki
    • Takako Naruse
    • Mohammad Zeshaan Rahman
    • Ryo Uetsuki
    • Akiko Nimiya
    • Megumi Takamoto
    • Kana Dainobu
    • Tomoko Tokikazu
    • Hiromi Nishi
    • Masaru Sugiyama
    • Masaaki Takechi
  • View Affiliations

  • Published online on: July 19, 2016     https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2016.3532
  • Pages: 1922-1928
Metrics: Total Views: 0 (Spandidos Publications: | PMC Statistics: )
Total PDF Downloads: 0 (Spandidos Publications: | PMC Statistics: )


Abstract

The records of 70 patients with oral cancer who were treated at a single institution between 2008 and 2014 were reviewed. The body temperature, white blood cell count, and C‑reactive protein (CRP) levels were compared between those who had received preoperative oral care (oral care group) and those who had not received any (non‑oral care group). When the patients were divided into those who underwent minimally invasive surgery and those who underwent severely invasive surgery, the mean CRP level in the early postoperative period was lower in the oral care group as compared with the non‑oral care group in those who underwent minimally invasive surgery as well as those who underwent severely invasive surgery. However, the mean CRP level was most evidently reduced in the severely invasive group on days 1 and 3‑5. However, no significant differences were observed with regard to the percentage of postoperative infectious complications (for example, surgical site infection, anastomotic leak and pneumonia) between the oral care (13.6%) and non‑oral care (20.8%) groups, though a reduced prevalence of postoperative complications following preoperative oral care was noted. The results of the present study suggest that preoperative oral care can decrease inflammation during the early postoperative stage in patients with oral cancer who undergo severely invasive surgery.
View Figures
View References

Related Articles

Journal Cover

September-2016
Volume 12 Issue 3

Print ISSN: 1792-0981
Online ISSN:1792-1015

Sign up for eToc alerts

Recommend to Library

Copy and paste a formatted citation
x
Spandidos Publications style
Shigeishi H, Ohta K, Fujimoto S, Nakagawa T, Mizuta K, Ono S, Shimasue H, Ninomiya Y, Higashikawa K, Tada M, Tada M, et al: Preoperative oral health care reduces postoperative inflammation and complications in oral cancer patients. Exp Ther Med 12: 1922-1928, 2016
APA
Shigeishi, H., Ohta, K., Fujimoto, S., Nakagawa, T., Mizuta, K., Ono, S. ... Takechi, M. (2016). Preoperative oral health care reduces postoperative inflammation and complications in oral cancer patients. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 12, 1922-1928. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2016.3532
MLA
Shigeishi, H., Ohta, K., Fujimoto, S., Nakagawa, T., Mizuta, K., Ono, S., Shimasue, H., Ninomiya, Y., Higashikawa, K., Tada, M., Ishida, F., Okui, G., Okumura, T., Fukui, A., Kubozono, K., Yamamoto, K., Ishida, Y., Seino, S., Hashikata, M., Sasaki, K., Naruse, T., Rahman, M. Z., Uetsuki, R., Nimiya, A., Takamoto, M., Dainobu, K., Tokikazu, T., Nishi, H., Sugiyama, M., Takechi, M."Preoperative oral health care reduces postoperative inflammation and complications in oral cancer patients". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 12.3 (2016): 1922-1928.
Chicago
Shigeishi, H., Ohta, K., Fujimoto, S., Nakagawa, T., Mizuta, K., Ono, S., Shimasue, H., Ninomiya, Y., Higashikawa, K., Tada, M., Ishida, F., Okui, G., Okumura, T., Fukui, A., Kubozono, K., Yamamoto, K., Ishida, Y., Seino, S., Hashikata, M., Sasaki, K., Naruse, T., Rahman, M. Z., Uetsuki, R., Nimiya, A., Takamoto, M., Dainobu, K., Tokikazu, T., Nishi, H., Sugiyama, M., Takechi, M."Preoperative oral health care reduces postoperative inflammation and complications in oral cancer patients". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 12, no. 3 (2016): 1922-1928. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2016.3532