Surgical management of pharyngocutaneous fistula after total laryngectomy

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 442-445

  Mclean, J Nicolas ^a   Nicholas, Claire ^a   Duggal, Praveen ^a   Chen, Amy ^a   Grist, William G ^a   Losken, Albert ^a   Carlson, Grant W ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

fistula; laryngectomy; pectoralis flap

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FISTULA; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX TUMOR; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PHARYNX DISEASE; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN FISTULA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CUTANEOUS FISTULA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FISTULA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; PHARYNGECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84860713315     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e318225832a     Document Type: Conference Paper

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