Definition of quality indicators in microsurgery in head and neck reconstruction based on a 5-year follow-up without a loss

Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 2-6

  Kessler, P ^a   Poort, L ^a   Bockmann R ^a   Lethaus, B ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Head and neck reconstruction; Microsurgery; Quality indicators

Indexed keywords

LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NADROPARIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; JAW OSTEONECROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MOUTH CANCER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MANDIBULAR DISEASES; MICROSURGERY; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; OSTEORADIONECROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84872048690     PISSN: 10105182     EISSN: 18784119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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