Functional comparison after reconstruction with a radial forearm free flap or a pectoralis major flap for cancer of the tongue

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 412-418

  Su, Wan Fu ^a   Hsia, Yi Jan ^a   Chang, Yen Chine ^a   Chen, Shyi Gen ^a   Sheng, Hwa ^b  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREARM; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PLASTIC SURGERY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWALLOWING; TAIWAN; TONGUE CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037345955     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhn.2003.38     Document Type: Article

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