Infrahyoid flap reconstruction of oral cavity and oropharyngeal defects in elderly patients with severe general comorbidities

Head and Neck

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1299-1305

  Deganello, Alberto ^a   Gitti, Gianni ^a   Parrinello, Giampiero ^a   Larotonda, Guglielmo ^a   Meccariello, Giuseppe ^a   Leemans, C René ^b   Gallo, Oreste ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

free radial forearm flap; high risk patients; infrahyoid flap; oral cavity reconstruction; oropharyngeal reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DIET; FEMALE; GRAFT NECROSIS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFRAHYOID FLAP; MALE; MOUTH CAVITY; OROPHARYNX; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL FOREARM FLAP; TISSUE FLAP; TONGUE BASE RECONSTRUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYOID BONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 84865002950     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21913     Document Type: Article

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