Speech and swallowing function after reconstruction with a radial forearm free flap or a pectoralis major flap for tongue cancer

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 472-477

  Su, Wan Fu ^a   Chen, Shyi Gen ^a   Sheng, Hwa ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Articulation; Pectoralis major flap; Radial forearm flap; Speech; Swallowing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GLOSSECTOMY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWALLOWING; TONGUE CARCINOMA;

DEGLUTITION; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; SPEECH; SURGICAL FLAPS; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036657401     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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