Microsurgical reconstruction of the head and neck-Current practice of maxillofacial units in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland

Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 449-452

  Mücke, Thomas ^a   Müller, Andreas Albert ^b   Kansy, Katinka ^b   Hallermann, Wock ^c   Kerkmann, Heiko ^d   Schuck, Nils ^e   Zeilhofer, Hans Florian ^b   Hoffmann, Jürgen ^f   Hölzle, Frank ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Austria; Drug management; Free flap; Germany; Microsurgery; Operative management; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BONE REMODELING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GERMANY; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGEON; SWITZERLAND; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTICOAGULANTS; AUSTRIA; BONE PLATES; DATA COLLECTION; DENTAL SERVICE, HOSPITAL; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; FROZEN SECTIONS; GERMANY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SURGERY, PLASTIC; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 80051551031     PISSN: 10105182     EISSN: 18784119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2010.10.019     Document Type: Article

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