Free radial forearm flap versus pectoralis major myocutaneous flap reconstruction of oral and oropharyngeal defects: A cost analysis

Clinical Otolaryngology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 275-282

  De Bree, R ^a,c   Reith, R ^b   Quak, J J ^a   Uyl De Groot, C A ^a,b   Van Agthoven, M ^b   Leemans, C R ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU University Medical Center ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREARM; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH DISEASE; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PHARYNX DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOREARM; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547121433     PISSN: 17494478     EISSN: 17494486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2273.2007.01466.x     Document Type: Article

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