Quality of life after oral and oropharyngeal reconstruction with a radial forearm free flap: Prospective study

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 401-408

  Bozec, Alexandre ^a   Poissonnet, Gilles ^a   Chamorey, Emmanuel ^a   Casanova, Cédric ^a   Laout, Claire ^a   Vallicioni, Jacques ^a   Demard, François ^a   Peyrade, Frédéric ^a   Follana, Philippe ^a   Bensadoun, René Jean ^a   Benezery, Karen ^a   Thariat, Juliette ^a   Marcy, Pierre Yves ^a   Sudaka, Anne ^a   Weber, Patrice ^a   Dassonville, Olivier ^a  

^a CENTRE ANTOINE LACASSAGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Microvascular reconstruction; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENDER; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; ORAL SURGERY; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIAL FOREARM FLAP; SALIVATION DISORDER; SOCIAL STATUS; SPEECH DISORDER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TRISMUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 67049109210     PISSN: 19160216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7070.2009.080146     Document Type: Article

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