Radial forearm versus anterolateral thigh flap reconstruction after hemiglossectomy: Functional assessment of swallowing and speech

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 85-88

  Hsiao, Hung Tao ^a,b   Leu, Yi Shing ^a   Liu, Chung Ji ^a   Tung, Kwang Yi ^b   Lin, Chang Ching ^b  

^a NURSING AND MANAGEMENT COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

^b MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anterolateral thigh flap; Deglutition; Radial forearm flap; Speech

Indexed keywords

ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GLOSSECTOMY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL FOREARM FLAP; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SWALLOWING; TONGUE CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DEGLUTITION; GLOSSECTOMY; HUMANS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPEECH; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SURGICAL FLAPS; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 44349141146     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1076097     Document Type: Article

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