Microvascular free tissue transfer in reconstructing skull base defects: Lessons learned

Laryngoscope

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1871-1876

  Teknos, Theodoros N ^a,b,e   Smith, Jonathan C ^a,c   Day, Terry A ^a,d   Netterville, James L ^a   Burkey, Brian B ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Complication; Head and neck; Microvascular; Reconstruction; Skull base

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FASCIA; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; MORTALITY; ORBIT DISEASE; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SKULL CANCER; SKULL DEFECT; SKULL INJURY; SKULL SURGERY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 0036787680     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200210000-00032     Document Type: Article

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