Comparison of voice outcomes after radial forearm free flap reconstruction versus primary closure after laryngectomy

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 240-244

  Alam, Daniel S ^a   Vivek, Prashant P ^a   Kmiecik, Joann ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIMARY CLOSURE; RADIAL FOREARM FLAP; SPEECH REHABILITATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VOICE;

FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; PHARYNX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 47549094101     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2008.03.024     Document Type: Article

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