Pectoralis major myofascial flap in head and neck reconstruction: Indications and outcomes

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 632-641

  Ethier, Jean Luc ^a   Trites, Jonathan ^a   Taylor, S Mark ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Myofascial; Pectoralis; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

AGED; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EAR; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LARYNX; MALE; MORBIDITY; MOUTH CAVITY; MYOFASCIAL FLAP; NECK; OROPHARYNX; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TISSUE FLAP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73449128708     PISSN: 19160216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7070.2009.080269     Document Type: Review

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