Surgery for head and neck skin tumors in the elderly

Head and Neck

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 851-856

  Dhiwakar, Muthuswamy ^a   Khan, Najib A ^a   McClymont, Leo G ^a  

^a RAIGMORE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aged; Head; Neck; Neoplasms; Skin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

AGED; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMENTIA; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT MONITORING; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FLAP; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN SURGERY; SKIN TUMOR; TACHYCARDIA; WOUND COMPLICATION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; NOSE NEOPLASMS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCALP; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 37349078292     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20605     Document Type: Article

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