Gastro-omental free flap in the reconstruction of the unfavourable hypopharyngeal defects: A functional assessment

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1367-1373

  Chahine, Karim A ^a   Chaffanjon, Philippe ^a   Bettega, Georges ^a   Lebeau, Jacques ^a   Reyt, Emile ^a   Righini, Christian A ^a,b  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b INSTITUT ALBERT BONNIOT   (France)

Author keywords

Free flap; Functional results; Gastro omental flap; Hypopharynx; Upper digestive tract reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ESOPHAGUS SPEECH; FEMALE; FISTULA; FLAP STENOSIS; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GASTRO OMENTAL FREE FLAP; GRAFT NECROSIS; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX TUMOR; MALE; PHARYNX RECONSTRUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OMENTUM; PHARYNGECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPEECH, ALARYNGEAL; STOMACH; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 72049123495     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2008.05.042     Document Type: Article

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