Influence of radiation therapy on reconstructive flaps after radical resection of head and neck cancer

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-38

  Wang, Zhonghe ^a   Que, W ^a   Mendenhall, W M ^b  

^a SHANGHAI SECOND MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Head and neck neoplasms; Radiation tolerance; Radiotherapy; Surgical flaps

Indexed keywords

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADULT; AGED; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HEALING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PIGMENT DISORDER; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RADIATION SICKNESS; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TISSUE NECROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037291897     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/ijom.2002.0320     Document Type: Review

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