Analytic review of 2372 free flap transfers for head and neck reconstruction following cancer resection

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 363-368

  Nakatsuka, Takashi ^a   Harii, Kiyonori ^c   Asato, Hirotaka ^c   Takushima, Akihiko ^c   Ebihara, Satoshi ^b   Kimata, Yoshihiro ^c   Yamada, Atsushi ^c   Ueda, Kazuki ^c   Ichioka, Shigeru ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Complications; Free flaps; Head and neck reconstruction; Post oncologic defects

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FOREARM; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT NECROSIS; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HEAD CANCER; HUMAN; JEJUNUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; MUSCLE MALFORMATION; NECK CANCER; NECROSIS; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE;

COHORT STUDIES; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0041469905     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-42630-1     Document Type: Article

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