Head and neck cancer in elderly patients: Is microsurgical free-tissue transfer a safe procedure?;Tumori del distretto cervico-facciale nel paziente anziano: Le ricostruzioni microchirurgiche rappresentano una procedura sicura?

Acta Otorhinolaryngologica Italica

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 371-375

  Tarsitano, A ^a   Pizzigallo, A ^a   Sgarzani, R ^b   Oranges, C M ^b   Cipriani, R ^b   Marchetti, C ^a  

^a Maxillofacial Surgery Unit   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Complication; Elderly patient; Functional outcome; Head and neck cancer; Microvascular free flap

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL OUTCOME; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROSURGERY; MICROVASCULAR FREE FLAP; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; SURGICAL FLAPS; VERY ELDERLY;

COMPLICATION; ELDERLY PATIENT; FUNCTIONAL OUTCOME; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; MICROVASCULAR FREE FLAP;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 84871917551     PISSN: 0392100X     EISSN: 1827675X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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