Head and neck free-flap reconstruction in the elderly

European Annals of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Diseases

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 47-51

  Nao, E E M ^a   Dassonville, O ^a   Chamorey, E ^a   Poissonnet, G ^a   Pierre, C S ^a   Riss, J C ^a   Agopian, B ^a   Peyrade, F ^a   Benezery, K ^a   Hechema, R ^a   Sudaka, A ^a   Vallicioni, J ^a   Demard, F ^a   Santini, J ^a   Bozec, A ^a  

^a CENTRE ANTOINE LACASSAGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Elderly; Free flap; Head and neck reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS PNEUMONIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHARYNGOLARYNGECTOMY; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT FAILURE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LARYNGECTOMY; MALE; MANDIBULAR DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEORADIONECROSIS; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; PHARYNGECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79955481637     PISSN: 18797296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anorl.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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