Critical Oropharyngocutaneous Fistulas after Microsurgical Head and Neck Reconstruction: Indications for Management Using the "Tissue-Plug" Technique

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 957-963

  Salgado, Christopher J ^a,b   Mardini, Samir ^a,b   Chen, Hung Chi ^a,b   Chen, Samuel ^a,b  

^a Iida Hospital ^*

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DELTOPECTORAL FLAP; FISTULA; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; MICROSURGERY; OROPHARYNGOCUTANEOUS FISTULA; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE PLUG TECHNIQUE; TUMOR RECURRENCE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FISTULA; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASE; PHARYNX DISEASE; PLASTIC SURGERY; SKIN FISTULA;

CUTANEOUS FISTULA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FISTULA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL FISTULA; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0142232056     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000076219.62225.07     Document Type: Article

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