The role of pectoralis major myofascial flap in salvage laryngectomy: A single surgeon experience

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 132, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1002-1005

  Oosthuizen, J C ^a   Leonard, David S ^a   Kinsella, John B ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Chemoradiotherapy; Pharyngocutaneous fistula; Salvage surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CATHETER INFECTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM TREMENS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HUMAN; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX CARCINOMA; LENGTH OF STAY; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PECTORALIS MAJOR MYOFASCIAL FLAP; PERIPHERALLY INSERTED CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; PHARYNGOCUTANEOUS FISTULA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALVAGE THERAPY; SKIN FISTULA; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CUTANEOUS FISTULA; FEMALE; FISTULA; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 84865323918     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016489.2012.672768     Document Type: Article

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