Functional outcomes of fibula and osteocutaneous forearm free flap reconstruction for segmental mandibular defects

Laryngoscope

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 663-667

  Virgin, Frank W ^a   Iseli, Tim A ^b   Iseli, Claire E ^b   Sunde, Jumin ^a   Carroll, William R ^a   Magnuson, Jeffery S ^a   Rosenthal, Eben L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complications; Dental implant; Dysphagia; Fibula free flap; Mandible reconstruction; Microvascular reconstruction; Radial forearm free flap; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; FIBULA GRAFT; FOLLOW UP; FOREARM; FRACTURE NONUNION; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JAW MALFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE RECONSTRUCTION; MANDIBLE RESECTION; OSTEOCUTANEOUS FLAP; OSTEOCUTANEOUS RADIAL FOREARM FREE FLAP; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN NECROSIS; SURVIVAL TIME; TUBE FEEDING; CONFERENCE PAPER; FIBULA; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; IMPLANT; TOOTH IMPLANTATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; FIBULA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREARM; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; DIET; RADIUS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 77950845351     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.20791     Document Type: Article

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