Use of internal mammary vessels in head and neck microvascular reconstruction

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 172-176

  Schneider, Daniel S ^a   McClain, Lauren ^b   Robb, Philip K ^c   Rosenthal, Eben L ^c   Wax, Mark K ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY VESSEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROVASCULATURE; MORTALITY; PHARYNGOCUTANEOUS FISTULA; PNEUMOTHORAX; RESPIRATORY TRACT FISTULA; SEROMA; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THYROID CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84857495756     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 1538361X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archoto.2011.1150     Document Type: Article

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