Cost analysis in oral cavity and oropharyngeal reconstructions with microvascular and pedicled flaps;Analisi dei costi nelle ricostruzioni orali e orofaringee con lembi microvascolari e peduncolati

Acta Otorhinolaryngologica Italica

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 380-387

  Deganello, Alberto ^a   Gitti, G ^a   Parrinello, G ^a   Muratori, E ^a   Larotonda, G ^a   Gallo, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Head and neck reconstruction; Healthcare costs; Infrahyoid flap; Microvascular free flap; Pedicled flap

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL FLAPS; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROVESSELS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 84892603026     PISSN: 0392100X     EISSN: 1827675X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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