Complications of microvascular head and neck surgery in the elderly

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 407-411

  Shaari, Christopher M ^a   Buchbinder, Daniel ^a   Costantino, Peter D ^a   Lawson, William ^a   Biller, Hugh F ^a   Urken, Mark L ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEART INFARCTION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN THROMBOSIS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0031968216     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.124.4.407     Document Type: Article

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