Anterior and middle cranial fossa skull base reconstruction using microvascular free tissue techniques: Surgical complications and functional outcomes

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 514-520

  Chiu, Ernest S ^a   Kraus, Dennis ^b   Bui, Duc T ^c   Mehrara, Babak J ^b   Disa, Joseph J ^b   Bilsky, Mark ^b   Shah, Jatin P ^b   Cordeiro, Peter G ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional outcomes; Microvascular free flap; Skull base reconstruction; Surgical outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA; BLINDNESS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRANIOPLASTY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXILLA RESECTION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CRANIAL FOSSA, ANTERIOR; CRANIAL FOSSA, MIDDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL BASE; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 42549121598     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3181715707     Document Type: Conference Paper

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