Etiology of late free flap failures occurring after hospital discharge

Laryngoscope

Volumn 117, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1961-1963

  Wax, Mark K ^a,c   Rosenthal, Eben ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Failure; Free flap; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; COMORBIDITY; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FIBULA GRAFT; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35948932656     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e31812e017a     Document Type: Review

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