Diabetes as main risk factor in head and neck reconstructive surgery with free flaps

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1080-1084

  Valentini, Valentino ^a   Cassoni, Andrea ^a   Marianetti, Tito Matteo ^a   Mitro, Valeria ^a   Gennaro, Paolo ^a   Ialongo, Cristiano ^b   Iannetti, Giorgio ^a  

^a Maxillo Facial Surgery   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Flap failure; Free flap complication; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FISTULA; FLAP INFECTION; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROSIS; OROCUTANEOUS FISTULA; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 55449092051     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e3181763531     Document Type: Article

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