Prefabricated composite free flaps for tracheal reconstruction: A new technique

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 114, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 822-826

  Teng, Marita S ^a   Malkin, Benjamin D ^a   Urken, Mark L ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway reconstruction; Prefabricated composite free flap; Tracheal reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; DOCETAXEL; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CASE REPORT; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; FEMALE; FOREARM; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; INJURY SEVERITY; LARYNX STENOSIS; MUSCLE FLAP; PECTORAL MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RIB CARTILAGE; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN INJURY; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID GLAND; TRACHEA RECONSTRUCTION; TRACHEA STENOSIS; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 32544442714     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940511401102     Document Type: Article

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