Distal skin paddle as a monitor for buried anterolateral thigh flap in pharyngoesophageal reconstruction

Oral Oncology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 249-252

  Tan, Ngian Chye ^a   Shih, Hsiang Shun ^a   Chen, Chien Chang ^a   Chen, Yen Chou ^a   Lin, Pao Yuan ^a   Kuo, Yur Ren ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anterolateral thigh flap; Distal skin paddle; Monitoring buried flaps; Pharyngoesophageal reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP; ARTICLE; BURIED FLAP MONITORING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISTAL SKIN PADDLE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FISTULA; HEAD AND NECK INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; MONITORING; PHARYNGESOPHAGEAL RECONSTRUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRACHEOTOMY STENOSIS; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PHARYNX; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857453903     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: 18790593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2011.09.015     Document Type: Article

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