Pharyngocutaneous fistula repair after radiotherapy and salvage total laryngectomy

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 339-345

  Iteld, Lawrence ^a   Yu, Peirong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterolateral thigh flap; Head and neck reconstruction; Perforator flap; Pharyngocutaneous fistula; Tracheostoma reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LARYNGECTOMY; MALE; PHARYNX DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; SKIN FISTULA; SKIN FLAP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CICATRIX; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CUTANEOUS FISTULA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGECTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT FISTULA; SALVAGE THERAPY; SPEECH, ALARYNGEAL; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36749090531     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-992343     Document Type: Article

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