End-to-side venous anastomosis with the internal jugular vein stump: A preliminary report

Head and Neck

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 537-540

  Graham, Brian B ^a   Varvares, Mark A ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Free flap; Microvascular anastomosis; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; END TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN STUMP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CARCINOMA; CHILD; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; JUGULAR VEINS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2542642424     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20004     Document Type: Article

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