Outcomes of Immediate Vertical Rectus Abdominis Myocutaneous Flap Reconstruction for Irradiated Abdominoperineal Resection Defects

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 206, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 694-703

  Butler, Charles E ^a   Gündeslioglu, A Özlem ^a   Rodriguez Bigas, Miguel A ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINEUM INJURY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTICAL RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCULOCUTANEOUS FLAP; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND COMPLICATION; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ABSCESS; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ANUS NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COLECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; PERINEUM; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 41149146936     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.12.007     Document Type: Article

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