A comparison of resource costs for head and neck reconstruction with free and pectoralis major flaps

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1282-1286

  Kroll, Stephen S ^a,b   Evans, Gregory R D ^a   Goldberg, Daniel ^a   Wang, Bao Guang ^a   Reece, Gregory P ^a   Miller, Michael J ^a   Robb, Geoffrey L ^a   Baldwin, Bonnie J ^a   Schusterman, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; FACE DEFORMITY; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COST SAVINGS; FOREARM; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OROPHARYNX; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; PHYSICIANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030933568     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199704001-00011     Document Type: Article

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