Flap reconstruction in the head and neck: Expected appearance, complications, and recurrent disease

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 130-138

  Hudgins, Patricia A ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Flap reconstruction; Magnetic resonance; Operative beds

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; TUMORS;

FLAP RECONSTRUCTIONS;

RADIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FISTULA; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT INFECTION; HEAD CANCER; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MUSCLE FLAP; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; NECK CANCER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROMA; SKIN FLAP; SKIN INDURATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THROMBOSIS; TUMOR RECURRENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036876788     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0720-048X(02)00067-0     Document Type: Article

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