Pharyngocutaneous fistula following total laryngectomy and post-operative vomiting

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 369-370

  Tomkinson, A ^a   Shone, G R ^a   Dingle, A ^a   Roblin, D G ^a   Quine, S ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fistula; Laryngectomy; Vomiting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LARYNGECTOMY; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; NECK TUMOR; PHARYNX DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT FISTULA; RISK FACTOR; TIME; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; VOMITING;

EID: 0029762597     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2273.1996.tb01090.x     Document Type: Article

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