Morbidity and functional outcomes following gastro-omental free flap reconstruction of circumferential pharyngeal defects

Head and Neck

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 655-663

  Patel, Rajan S ^a   Makitie, Antti A ^a   Goldstein, David P ^a   Gullane, Patrick J ^a   Brown, Dale ^a   Irish, Jonathan ^a   Gilbert, Ralph W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Free flap reconstruction; Gastro omental flap; Laryngopharyngectomy; Pharyngeal defects; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CHYLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIET; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS SPEECH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LARYNGECTOMY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PHARYNGOLARYNGECTOMY; PHARYNX DEFECT; PHARYNX DISEASE; PHARYNX STRICTURE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT CANCER; SKIN FISTULA; SPEECH REHABILITATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THROAT DISEASE;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DEGLUTITION; FEMALE; FISTULA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GASTRIC OUTLET OBSTRUCTION; HEMATOMA; HERNIA, ABDOMINAL; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX, ARTIFICIAL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; OMENTUM; PHARYNX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SALVAGE THERAPY; SPEECH; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 66349099166     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21016     Document Type: Article

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