Pharyngocutaneous fistula following total laryngectomy: A single institution's 10-year experience

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 263, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1127-1130

  Mäkitie, Antti A ^a   Niemensivu, Riina ^a   Hero, Mari ^a   Keski Säntti, Harri ^a   Bäck, Leif ^a   Kajanti, Mikael ^a   Lehtonen, Hannu ^a   Atula, Timo ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cancer; Complication; Head and neck; Larynx; Postoperative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISTULA; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LARYNGECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; PHARYNGOCUTANEOUS FISTULA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CUTANEOUS FISTULA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33750726413     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-006-0152-5     Document Type: Article

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