The free vascularized flap and the pectoralis major pedicled flap options: Comparative results of reconstruction of the tongue

Oral Oncology

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1028-1031

  Mallet, Y ^a   El Bedoui, S ^a   Penel, N ^a   Ton Van, J ^a   Fournier, C ^a   Lefebvre, J L ^a  

^a CENTRE OSCAR LAMBRET   (France)

Author keywords

Free flap; Head and neck cancer; Pectoralis Major Musculocutaneous Flap; Reconstructive surgery; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEEDING APPARATUS; FEMALE; GLOSSECTOMY; GRAFT NECROSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TONGUE CANCER; TRACHEOSTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TONGUE NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70449521095     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2009.05.639     Document Type: Article

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