Radial forearm versus anterolateral thigh free flaps for laryngopharyngectomy defects: Prospective, randomized trial

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 448-453

  Morrissey, Andrew T ^a   O'Connell, Daniel A ^a   Garg, Sipi ^b   Seikaly, Hadi ^a   Harris, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anterolateral thigh free flap; Laryngopharyngectomy; Radial forearm free flap

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; FEMALE; FISTULA; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRAFT FAILURE; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CANCER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX CANCER; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIAL FOREARM FLAP; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DEHISCENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOREARM; LARYNGOSTENOSIS; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROCEDURES; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH; TRANSPLANTATION;

AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREARM; HUMANS; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNGOSTENOSIS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHARYNGECTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955452493     PISSN: 19160216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7070.2010.090070     Document Type: Article

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