Salvage laryngectomy and pharyngocutaneous fistulae after primary radiotherapy for head and neck cancer: A national survey from Dahanca

Head and Neck

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 711-716

  Grau, Cai ^a   Johansen, Lars Vendelbo ^a   Hansen, Hanne Sand ^c   Andersen, Elo ^c   Godballe, Christian ^c   Andersen, Lisbeth Juhler ^b   Hald, Jesper ^c   Møller, Henrik ^c   Overgaard, Marie ^a   Bastholt, Lars ^c   Greisen, Ole ^b   Harbo, Grethe ^b   Hansen, Olfred ^c   Overgaard, Jens ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGE; AGED; CANCER CENTER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; DENMARK; FEMALE; FISTULA; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HYOID BONE; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX CANCER; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHARYNGOCUTANEOUS FISTULA; PHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SALVAGE THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CUTANEOUS FISTULA; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LARYNGECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SALVAGE THERAPY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 10744222692     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.10237     Document Type: Review

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