Hospital stays constitute the main component of costs of @entity5 treatment. We conducted a prospective study to identify the determinants of the length of stay (LOS) after @entity135 surgery (HNCS). @entity1 who underwent major HNCS with opening of mucosa and with curative intent were enrolled. Data were collected for @entity1 characteristics, @entity5 , surgical procedures and postoperative outcome. LOS defined as the interval between the day of admission for surgery until hospital discharge or @entity204 was determined by the Kaplan-Meier method. Independent determinants of LOS were identified using a Cox model. All 260 @entity1 were included. Median LOS was 26 days (range, 3-178). In the multivariate model, four variables remained associated with increased LOS: American Society of Anaesthesiologist's score equal to 3 (hazard ratio 1.62 [1.23-1.99]), duration of surgical procedure >220 min., (HR=1.37 [1.22-1.56]), SSI (HR=2.09 [2.02-2.54]), occurrence of SSI caused by multi-resistant pathogen (HR=2.92 [2.78-3.77]) and occurrence of PP (HR=2.09 [1.78-2.81]). The present results highlighted the long duration of LOS after @entity135 surgery. Two variables (duration of surgical procedure and occurrence of @entity580 ) were associated with LOS and might be improved by appropriate strategies.

Factors determining length of the postoperative hospital stay after major XXXX surgery.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients', 'patient'] @entity135 :: ('MESH:D006258', 'Disease') :: ['head and neck cancer'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['type of tumour', 'cancer'] @entity580 :: ('MESH:D003428', 'Disease') :: ['nosocomial infections'] @entity204 :: ('MESH:D003643', 'Disease') :: ['death']
@entity135 :: (MESH:D006258,Disease) :: ['head and neck cancer']
