Outcomes following pharyngolaryngectomy reconstruction with the anterolateral thigh (ALT) free flap

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-24

  Ho, M W ^a   Houghton, L ^a   Gillmartin, E ^a   Jackson, S R ^a   Lancaster, J ^a   Jones, T M ^a,c   Blackburn, T K ^b   Homer, J J ^b   Loughran, S ^b   Ascott, F M ^b   Shaw, R J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterolateral thigh (ALT) flap; Hypopharyngeal; Laryngeal carcinoma; Pharyngolaryngectomy reconstruction; Reconstruction; Speech outcome; Swallowing outcome

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CANCER SURGERY; CHRONIC PHARYNGOCUTANEOUS FISTULA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEBRIDEMENT; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; ENTERIC FEEDING; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; ESOPHAGUS SPEECH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX CARCINOMA; LUNG BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PHARYNGOLARYNGECTOMY RECONSTRUCTION; PHARYNX DISEASE; PHARYNX STRICTURE; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REPEAT PROCEDURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALIVARY GLAND DISEASE; SALVAGE THERAPY; SKIN FISTULA; SKIN FLAP SURVIVAL; SPONDYLITIS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TRACHEITIS; TRACHEOSTOMY; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND DRESSING;

AGED; BALLOON DILATION; CARCINOMA; COHORT STUDIES; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CUTANEOUS FISTULA; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; GASTROSTOMY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGECTOMY; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; PHARYNGECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RESPIRATORY TRACT FISTULA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPEECH, ESOPHAGEAL; THIGH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855293489     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: 15321940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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