Comparison of cost and function in reconstruction of the posterior oral cavity and oropharynx: Free vs pedicled soft tissue transfer

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 123, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 731-737

  Tsue, Terance T ^a   Desyatnikova, Stella S ^b   Deleyiannis, Frederic W B ^b   Futran, Neal D ^b   Stack Jr , Brendan C ^b   Weymuller Jr , Ernest A ^b   Glenn, Michael G ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Virginia Mason Medical Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COST; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; OROPHARYNX; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PHARYNX RECONSTRUCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030855270     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.1997.01900070075012     Document Type: Article

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