Pectoralis major and other myofascial/myocutaneous flaps in head and neck cancer reconstruction: Experience with 437 cases at a single institution

Head and Neck

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1018-1023

  Vartanian, José Guilherme ^a   Carvalho, André Lopes ^a   Carvalho, Solange Maria T ^a   Mizobe, Lia ^a   Magrin, José ^a   Kowalski, Luiz Paulo ^a  

^a A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Complications; Head and neck neoplasms; Head and neck reconstruction; Pectoralis major myocutaneous flap; Pedicled flap

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MOUTH CAVITY; MUCOSA; MUSCLE FLAP; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; OROPHARYNX; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN DEFECT; TISSUE NECROSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 10044261975     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20101     Document Type: Article

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