Assessment of quality of life of patients with oral cavity cancer who have had defects reconstructed with free anterolateral thigh perforator flaps

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 497-501

  Li, Wenlu ^a   Yang, Yanjie ^a   Xu, Zhongfei ^a   Liu, Fayu ^a   Cheng, Yusheng ^a   Xu, Lei ^a   Sun, Changfu ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cancer; Free anterolateral thigh perforator flaps; Oral cavity; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTICATION; MOUTH CANCER; MOUTH MALFORMATION; MOUTH PAIN; ORAL HEALTH IMPACT PROFILE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PSYCHOLOGICAL DISABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL DISABILITY; TASTE; UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON QUALITY OF LIFE;

CANCER; FREE ANTEROLATERAL THIGH PERFORATOR FLAPS; ORAL CAVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ANXIETY; DEGLUTITION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MASTICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PERFORATOR FLAP; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALIVA; SPEECH; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TASTE; THIGH; TONGUE NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881318581     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: 15321940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2012.09.005     Document Type: Article

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