Clinical outcome of reconstruction of the lateral oropharyngeal wall with an anterolateral thigh free flap

Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 4-5, 2010, Pages 186-190

  Helmiö, Päivi M ^a,b   Suominen, Sinikka ^a   Vuola, Jyrki ^a   Bäck, Leif ^a   Mäkitie, Antti A ^a,b  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

complication; Head and neck; microsurgery; morbidity; squamous cell cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OROPHARYNX TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THIGH; VASCULARIZATION; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT STUDIES; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; THIGH; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 79951794313     PISSN: 2000656X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02844311.2010.484976     Document Type: Article

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