A case of thyroid cancer involving the trachea: Treatment by partial tracheal resection and repair with a latissimus dorsi musculocutaneous flap

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 235-238

  Shigemitsu, Kaori ^a   Naomoto, Yoshio ^a   Haisa, Minoru ^a   Yamatsuji, Tomoki ^a   Noguchi, Hirofumi ^a   Kataoka, Masafumi ^a   Kamikawa, Yasuaki ^a   Tanaka, Noriaki ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Latissimus dorsi musculocutaneous flap; Thyroid cancer; Tracheal invasion; Tracheal resection

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MALE; THYROID CANCER; TRACHEA; TRACHEA RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034043238     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyd053     Document Type: Article

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