Functional outcomes after free flap reconstruction of the upper aerodigestive tract

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 305-310

  Vos, Jeremy D ^a   Burkey, Brian B ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional outcome; Microvascular free flap; Speech outcome; Swallow function

Indexed keywords

BONE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS; FIBULA; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HARD PALATE; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX; HYPOPHARYNX TUMOR; ILIAC CREST; MANDIBLE RECONSTRUCTION; MAXILLA; MICROVASCULATURE; MOUTH CAVITY; MOUTH TUMOR; OROPHARYNX; OROPHARYNX TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINNERVATION; REVIEW; SCAPULA; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWALLOWING; TONGUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ESOPHAGUS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNX; JAW; MOUTH; OROPHARYNX; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; STOMATOGNATHIC SYSTEM; SURGICAL FLAPS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 3242811254     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.moo.0000130573.25903.b3     Document Type: Review

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