Free flap reconstruction of the head and neck: Analysis of 241 cases

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 10-17

  Haughey, Bruce H ^a   Wilson, Ewain ^b   Kluwe, Lucia ^b   Piccirillo, Jay ^b   Fredrickson, John ^b   Sessions, Donald ^b   Spector, Gershon ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DONOR; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECK; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECK; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035406734     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhn.2001.116788     Document Type: Article

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