Pectoralis major musculocutaneous flap in oropharyngeal reconstruction: Revisited

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1145-1149

  Koh, Kyung S ^a   Eom, Jin Sup ^a   Kirk, Insoo ^a   Kim, Sang Yoon ^a   Nam, Sunyeoul ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISTULA; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; NECROSIS; OPERATION DURATION; OROPHARYNX; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NECROSIS; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TONGUE NEOPLASMS; TONSILLAR NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749434538     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000221119.00987.48     Document Type: Article

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