Pectoralis major myocutaneous flap: Analysis of complications in difficult patients

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 258, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 542-545

  Castelli, M L ^a   Pecorari, G ^a   Succo, G ^a   Bena, A ^a   Andreis A Sartoris, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Complications; Head and neck surgery; Pectoralis major myocutaneous flap

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFECTION; LARYNGECTOMY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; NECK CANCER; NECK DISSECTION; OSTEITIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN NECROSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; PROGNOSIS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0035666064     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004050100389     Document Type: Article

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