Is the pectoralis myocutaneous flap in intraoral and oropharyngeal reconstruction outdated?

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 259-262

  Ijsselstein, Cees B ^a,b   Hovius, Steven E R ^a   Ten Have, Bas L E F ^a   Wijthoff, Siegwart J M ^a   Sonneveld, Gijsbert J ^a   Meeuwis, Cees A ^a   Knegt, Paul P M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Zuiderziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FISTULA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE RECONSTRUCTION; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; NECROSIS; ORAL SURGERY; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PHARYNX RECONSTRUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 0030249288     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(96)00161-4     Document Type: Article

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