Utility of the gastro-omental free flap in head and neck reconstruction

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 258-262

  Patel, Rajan S ^a,b   Gilbert, Ralph W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gastro omental flap; Head and neck; Pharynx; Surgical reconstruction

Indexed keywords

FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT SALVAGE; HEAD AND NECK INJURY; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; OMENTUM; PHARYNX DISEASE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STOMACH; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; OMENTUM; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 68949170592     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e32832cba42     Document Type: Review

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