Go for the jugular: A 10-year experience with end-to-side anastomosis to the internal jugular vein in 320 head and neck free flaps

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-35

  Halvorson, Eric G ^a   Cordeiro, Peter G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anastomosis; End to side; Free flap; Head and neck; Internal jugular vein; Microanastomosis; Microsurgery; Recipient vessel; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; CHEEK; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; EXPERIENCE; FIBULA; FOREARM; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANDIBLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TONGUE; VEIN THROMBOSIS; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT; NECK DISSECTION; NOTE; THROMBOSIS;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; MICROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34250844937     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000263454.55917.3d     Document Type: Article

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