Reconstruction of defects in the head and neck with free flaps: 20 years experience

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-15

  Eckardt, A ^a   Meyer, A ^a   Laas, U ^a   Hausamen, J E ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Free flap transfer; Head and neck cancer; Postoperative complication; Reconstructive surgery

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DONOR SITE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOREARM; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; HEAD AND NECK INJURY; HUMAN; JEJUNUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REOPERATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TISSUE NECROSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAD; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; JEJUNUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 33845458256     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2005.12.012     Document Type: Article

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