Pharyngocutaneous fistula

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 78-84

  Mäkitie, Antti A ^a   Irish, Jonathan ^a   Gullane, Patrick J ^a,b  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DYSPHAGIA; FISTULA; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; LARYNX CARCINOMA; LAVAGE; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PHARYNGOCUTANEOUS FISTULA; PHARYNX DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPEECH DISORDER; STENOSIS; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

CUTANEOUS FISTULA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037378902     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00020840-200304000-00003     Document Type: Review

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