Predictors and impact of microsurgical complications in patients with locally advanced oral squamous cell carcinoma

Cancer Science

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1672-1678

  Chen, Ya Wei ^a,b   Chen, Chia Yu ^a   Chiang, Shu Chiung ^a,b   Lui, Man Tin ^a,b   Kao, Shou Yen ^a,b   Yang, Muh Hwa ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; MOUTH SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROMA; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN THROMBOSIS; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84865770347     PISSN: 13479032     EISSN: 13497006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2012.02345.x     Document Type: Article

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