Ninety-degree transposed free jejunal patch transfer for hypopharyngeal reconstruction following partial hypopharyngectomy

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Okazaki, Mutsumi ^a   Asato, Hirotaka ^b   Sarukawa, Shunji ^c   Okochi, Masayuki ^d   Suga, Hirotaka ^d  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; FLUOROGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNGEAL RECONSTRUCTION; HYPOPHARYNX CANCER; INTESTINE GRAFT; LETTER; PARTIAL HYPOPHARYNGECTOMY; PHARYNX DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWALLOWING; THERAPY EFFECT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HYPOPHARYNX TUMOR; JEJUNUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; DEGLUTITION; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; JEJUNUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 58149166618     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e318186ca8a     Document Type: Letter

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