Pharyngocutaneous fistula after total laryngectomy: Less common with mechanical stapler closure

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 339-344

  Calli, Caglar ^a   Pinar, Ercan ^a   Oncel, Semih ^a  

^a Izmir Ataturk Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Laryngectomy; Manual suturing; Mechanical closure; Pharyngocutaneous fistula; Stapler

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FISTULA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHARYNGOCUTANEOUS FISTULA; PHARYNX DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STAPLER; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 79955872907     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348941112000510     Document Type: Article

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