Survival and function in patients with tumours of the head and neck operated on and reconstructed with free flaps

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 77-85

  Lidman, Disa ^a   Niklasson, Magnus ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Free flap; Function; Head neck cancer; Reconstruction; Squamous cell carcinoma; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOUTH TUMOR; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PHARYNX CANCER; PLASTIC SURGERY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 40549100997     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: 16512073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844310701850538     Document Type: Article

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