Microvascular free flap reconstruction versus palatal obturation for maxillectomy defects

Head and Neck

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 860-868

  Moreno, Mauricio A ^a   Skoracki, Roman J ^a   Hanna, Ehab Y ^a   Hanasono, Matthew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Maxillectomies; Microvascular free flap; Obturator; Prosthesis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; DIET; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXILLA RESECTION; MICROVASCULATURE; PALATE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; TOOTH PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DEGLUTITION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MAXILLA; MIDDLE AGED; PALATAL OBTURATORS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954391898     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21264     Document Type: Article

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