Clinical outcome after pedicled segmental pectoralis major island flaps for head and neck reconstruction

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 292-296

  Corten, Eveline M L ^a   Schellekens, Pascal P A ^a   Hage, Joris J ^b   Kon, Moshe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Complications; Muscle sparing technique; Pectoralis major flap

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR SITE; FEMALE; FISTULA; GRAFT FAILURE; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISLAND FLAP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; MUSCLE TRANSPOSITION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PEDICLED SEGMENTAL PECTORALIS MAJOR ISLAND FLAP; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69549095901     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31818938bb     Document Type: Article

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