Utilization of free tissue transfer in head and neck surgery

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 182-191

  Smith, Russell B ^a   Sniezek, Joseph C ^b   Weed, Donald T ^c   Wax, Mark K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE GRAFT; CONVALESCENCE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HARD PALATE; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX; MAXILLA; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROVASCULARIZATION; MOUTH CAVITY; OROPHARYNX; PATIENT MONITORING; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SKULL BASE; SURVIVAL; SWALLOWING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALGORITHMS; HEAD; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NECK; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34547125338     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2007.04.011     Document Type: Review

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