Functional outcomes following secondary free flap reconstruction of the head and neck

Laryngoscope

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 856-860

  Iseli, Tim A ^a   Yelverton, Joshua C ^a   Iseli, Claire E ^b   Carroll, William R ^a   Magnuson, J Scott ^a   Rosenthal, Eben L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Free flap reconstruction; Head and neck; Outcome; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR SITE; EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; FEMALE; FIBULA GRAFT; FISTULA; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OPERATION DURATION; OSTEOCUTANEOUS FLAP; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL FOREARM FLAP; SECONDARY FREE FLAP RECONSTRUCTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUBE FEEDING; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FIBULA; FOREARM; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; INTUBATION; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FIBULA; FOREARM; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTUBATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIME FACTORS; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 66349083531     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.20200     Document Type: Article

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