Free tissue transfer in the elderly: Incidence of perioperative complications following microsurgical reconstruction of 197 septuagenarians and octogenarians

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1659-1668

  Howard, Michael A ^a   Cordeiro, Peter G ^a   Disa, Joseph ^a   Samson, William ^a   Gonen, Mithat ^a   Schoelle, Robin N ^a   Mehrara, Babak ^a,b  

^a Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center ^*

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; COMORBIDITY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 27744477866     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000187135.49423.9f     Document Type: Review

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