The safety of microvascular free tissue transfer in the elderly population

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 771-775

  Coskunfirat, O Koray ^b   Chen, Hung Chi ^a   Spanio, Stefano ^b   Tang, Yueh Bih ^b  

^a I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GERIATRIC SURGERY; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HEALTH STATUS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; OSTEORADIONECROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL FLAPS; ULCER;

EID: 14644421493     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000152424.91250.A5     Document Type: Article

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