Pharyngocutaneous fistula after total laryngectomy: Emphasis on lymph node metastases as a new predisposing factor

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 312-318

  Pinar, Ercan ^a,b   Oncel, Semih ^a   Colli, Caglar ^a   Guclu, Elif ^a   Tatar, Bekir ^a  

^a ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FISTULA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX CANCER; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; PHARYNGOCUTANEOUS FISTULA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX; STUDENT T TEST; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; CUTANEOUS FISTULA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGECTOMY; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM STAGING; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 64349114223     PISSN: 19160216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7070.2008.0064     Document Type: Article

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