Guideline for prophylactic feeding tube insertion in patients undergoing resection of head and neck cancers

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 610-615

  Jack, David R ^a   Dawson, Fiona R ^a   Reilly, Justice E ^a   Shoaib, Taimur ^a  

^a CANNIESBURN PLASTIC SURGERY UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dietary score; Head and neck cancers; NG tube; Nutrition; PEG tube; Reconstruction; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FEEDING APPARATUS; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STOMACH TUBE; TONGUE TUMOR; TREATMENT DURATION; TUBE FEEDING;

EID: 84859743692     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: 18780539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2011.11.018     Document Type: Article

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