Microvascular free tissue transfer in elderly patients: The Toronto experience

Head and Neck

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 549-553

  Beausang, Eamon S ^a   Ang, Erik E ^a   Lipa, Joan E ^a   Irish, Jonathan C ^a   Brown, Dale H ^a   Gullane, Patrick J ^a   Neligan, Peter C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elderly; Head and neck cancer; Microvascular free tissue transfer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LENGTH OF STAY; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SMOKING; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0037633133     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.10240     Document Type: Article

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