Reconstruction of pharyngolaryngectomy defects using the jejunal free flap: A 10-year experience from a single reconstructive center

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1960-1966

  Moradi, Pouria ^a,b   Glass, Graeme E ^a,b   Atherton, Duncan D ^a,b   Eccles, Simon ^a,b   Coffey, Margaret ^a,b   Majithia, Anooj ^a,b   Speirs, Archibold J D ^a,b   Clarke, Peter M ^a,b   Wood, Simon H ^a,b  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS SPEECH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; JEJUNUM; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNX CANCER; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL STAPLING; TRANSPLANTATION;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; JEJUNUM; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PHARYNGECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPEECH, ESOPHAGEAL; SURGICAL STAPLING;

EID: 78650042423     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181f446a6     Document Type: Article

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