Staged surgical therapy of basal cell carcinoma of the head and neck region: An evaluation of 500 procedures

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 138, Issue 49-50, 2008, Pages 746-751

  Hüsler, Rolf ^a   Schlittler, Fabian L ^a   Kreutziger, Janett ^a   Streit, Markus ^a   Banic, Andrej ^a   Schöni Affolter, Franziska ^a   Hunger, Robert E ^b   Constantinescu, Mihai Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Head and neck region; Skin cancer; Staged surgical therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; COMPOSITE GRAFT; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RECURRENCE RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN FLAP; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; STAGED SURGICAL THERAPY;

EID: 58149236774     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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