Free tissue transfer reconstruction of the head and neck at a veterans affairs hospital

Head and Neck

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1007-1011

  Myers, Larry L ^a   Sumer, Baran D ^a   Defatta, Robert J ^a   Minhajuddin, Abu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Free tissue transfer; Head and neck; Reconstruction; Resource utilization; VA hospital

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CRYSTALLOID; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GOVERNMENT; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FLAP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 50249152348     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20817     Document Type: Article

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