A 10-year review of perioperative complications in pharyngeal flap surgery

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1393-1397

  Hofer, Stefan O P ^a,b,c   Dhar, B Krish ^a,b,c   Robinson, Peter H ^a,b,c   Goorhuis Brouwer, Sieneke M ^a,b,c   Nicolai, Jean Philipe A ^a,b,c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MARTINI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PHARYNX RECONSTRUCTION; PHARYNX SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 0036839532     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-200211000-00001     Document Type: Article

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