Analysis of 120 pectoralis major flaps for head and neck reconstruction

Archives of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 522-527

  You, Young Sun ^a   Chung, Chul Hoon ^a   Chang, Yong Joon ^a   Kim, Kuyl Hee ^a   Jung, Sung Won ^a   Rho, Young Soo ^b  

^a Departments of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery   (South Korea)

^b Hallym University Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Complications; Pedicled flap; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FISTULA; GENDER; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PHARYNX DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SKIN NECROSIS; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 84866505304     PISSN: 22346163     EISSN: 22346171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5999/aps.2012.39.5.522     Document Type: Article

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