Early oral intake after reconstruction with a free flap for cancer of the oral cavity

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 224-227

  Guidera, Alice K ^a   Kelly, Bronwen N ^a   Rigby, Paul ^a   Mackinnon, Craig A ^a   Tan, Swee T ^a,b  

^a HUTT HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b GILLIES MCINDOE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cancer; Complications; Early oral intake; Free flap; Oral cavity; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIETARY INTAKE; FISTULA; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; LENGTH OF STAY; MORBIDITY; MOUTH CANCER; ORAL INTAKE; ORAL SURGERY; OROCUTANEOUS FISTULA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; STOMACH INTUBATION; TRACHEOSTOMY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CUTANEOUS FISTULA; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; GASTROSTOMY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM STAGING; ORAL FISTULA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84875269834     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: 15321940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2012.06.005     Document Type: Article

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