Factors predicting free flap complications in head and neck reconstruction

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 737-742

  Bozikov, K ^a   Arnez, Z M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Free flap; Head and neck reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MICROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SALVAGE THERAPY; SLOVENIA; STATISTICAL MODEL; VEIN GRAFT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745039955     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2005.11.013     Document Type: Article

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