Cricotracheal reconstruction following external beam radiotherapy for recurrent thyroid cancer

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 271-274

  Ashford, Bruce G ^a,c   Clark, Jonathan R ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cricotracheal; Radiotherapy; Resection; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FASCIA; FEMALE; FOREARM; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HEALING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; PATIENT REFERRAL; RADIATION DOSE; RECURRENT CANCER; THYROID CANCER; THYROIDECTOMY; TRACHEA RECONSTRUCTION; TRACHEA RESECTION;

ADENOCARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CRICOID CARTILAGE; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TRACHEA; TRACHEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 65349177110     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2009.04858.x     Document Type: Article

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