Reconstruction with radial forearm flaps after ablative surgery for hypopharyngeal cancer

Head and Neck

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 261-266

  Scharpf, Joseph ^a   Esclamado, Ramon M ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypopharynx; Radial forearm free flap; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FISTULA; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEMATOMA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CANCER; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON DISEASE;

AGED; DEGLUTITION; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNGECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPEECH; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037378788     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.10197     Document Type: Article

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