Free tissue transfer versus pedicled flap cost in head and neck cancer

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 205-212

  Funk, Gerry F ^a   Karnell, Lucy Hynds ^a   Whitehead, Stacey ^a   Paulino, Arnold ^a   Ricks, Joan ^a   Smith, Russell B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 0036737666     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhn.2002.127591     Document Type: Article

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