The impacts of liver cirrhosis on head and neck cancer patients undergoing microsurgical free tissue transfer: An evaluation of flap outcome and flap-related complications

Oral Oncology

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1058-1062

  Kao, Huang Kai ^a   Chang, Kai Ping ^b   Ching, Wei Cheng ^a   Tsao, Chung Kan ^a   Cheng, Ming Huei ^a   Wei, Fu Chan ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Child Pugh classification; Head and neck; Liver cirrhosis; Microsurgery; Oral cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE FLAP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70449526534     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2009.07.010     Document Type: Article

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