Pulmonary atelectasis after reconstruction with a latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flap

Laryngoscope

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 268-272

  Wax, Mark K ^a   Hurst, Janis ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BREATHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ATELECTASIS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0029983123     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199603000-00005     Document Type: Article

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