Hypopharyngeal reconstruction with an anterolateral thigh flap after laryngopharyngeal resection: Results of a retrospective study on 20 patients

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 970-975

  Sagar, Belsam ^a   Marres, Henri A M ^a   Hartman, Ed H M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anterolateral thigh flap; Head and neck surgery; Hypopharyngeal carcinoma; Laryngopharyngectomy; Post surgical complications; Post surgical quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETETICS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FISTULA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNGEAL RECONSTRUCTION; HYPOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; LARYNGOPHARYNGEAL RESECTION; LARYNX SURGERY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MORBIDITY; OBSTRUCTION; OPERATION DURATION; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PHARYNX RECONSTRUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPEECH THERAPY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNGECTOMY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURVIVAL RATE; THIGH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951666786     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2009.04.019     Document Type: Article

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