Factors affecting cancer recurrence after microvascular flap reconstruction of the head and neck

Laryngoscope

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1391-1394

  Roostaeian, Jason ^a   Suh, Jeffrey D ^a   Sercarz, Joel A ^a   Abemayor, Elliot ^a   Lee, Jivianne T ^a   Blackwell, Keith E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer recurrence; Head and neck cancer; Microvascular reconstruction; Neck dissection; Vessel selection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NECK DISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD VESSELS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROBABILITY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 23344441225     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.MLG.0000166706.61652.15     Document Type: Article

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