Microsurgical reconstruction of the head and neck: Interdisciplinary collaboration between head and neck surgeons and plastic surgeons in 305 cases

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-43

  Jones, Neil F ^a,b   Johnson, Jonas T ^a   Shestak, Kenneth C ^a   Myers, Eugene N ^a   Swartz, William M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEATH; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY; REOPERATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030053986     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-199601000-00008     Document Type: Article

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