Microsurgical reconstruction in the head and neck region: An 18-year experience with 500 consecutive cases

Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 197-201

  Eckardt, André ^a   Fokas, Konstantinos ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Social Security Institution   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fasciocutaneous free flap; Free tissue transfer; Head and neck cancer; Microsurgical reconstruction; Myocutaneous free flap; Osteocutaneous fibula flap

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DATA BASE; DONOR SITE; FEMALE; FOREARM; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JEJUNUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VASCULAR TISSUE;

EID: 0042324324     PISSN: 10105182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-5182(03)00039-8     Document Type: Article

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