Primary closure versus radial forearm flap reconstruction after hemiglossectomy: Functional assessment of swallowing and speech

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 612-616

  Hsiao, Hung Tao ^a   Leu, Yi Shing ^b   Lin, Chang Ching ^b  

^a Dept Plast/Reconstructive Surg ^*  (Taiwan)

^b MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREARM; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GLOSSECTOMY; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT PALATE; SPEECH; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SWALLOWING; TONGUE CARCINOMA; TONGUE DISEASE; WOUND CLOSURE;

EID: 0036896589     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-200212000-00010     Document Type: Article

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