Prospective analysis of outcomes and complications of 300 consecutive microvascular reconstructions

Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 235-239

  Nuara, Michael J ^a   Sauder, Cora L ^b   Alam, Daniel S ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGICAL INFECTION; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68949149434     PISSN: 15212491     EISSN: 15383660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archfacial.2009.46     Document Type: Article

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