Predictors of morbidity following free flap reconstruction for cancer of the head and neck

Head and Neck

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1090-1101

  Clark, Jonathan R ^a,c   McCluskey, Stuart A ^b   Hall, Francis ^a   Lipa, Joan ^b   Neligan, Peter ^b   Brown, Dale ^a   Irish, Jonathan ^a   Gullane, Patrick ^a   Gilbert, Ralph ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

ASA; Charlson comorbidity index; Complications; Head and neck cancer; Kaplan Feinstein index

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MOUTH CANCER; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SMOKING; TRACHEOSTOMY;

AGE FACTORS; BLOOD VOLUME; COLLOIDS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAROTID GLAND; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; SURGICAL FLAPS; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 38049032886     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20639     Document Type: Article

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