Outcome of microvascular free flaps in a high-volume training centre

Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1178-1183

  Al Dam, Ahmed ^a   Zrnc, Tomislav Ante ^a   Hanken, Henning ^a   Riecke, Björn ^a   Eichhorn, Wolfgang ^a   Nourwali, Ibrahim ^b   Smeets, Ralf ^a   Blessmann, Marco ^a   Heiland, Max ^a   Gröbe, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b TAIBAH UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Complications; Free flap; Microsurgery; Outcome; Reconstruction; Surgical training

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TOOTH IMPLANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP; ARTICLE; BITE; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; FIBULA GRAFT; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; JAW MALFORMATION; JAW OSTEONECROSIS; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE CYST; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NECK DISSECTION; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAPULAR FLAP; SEPTIC SHOCK; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; TOOTH IMPLANT; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VERY ELDERLY; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT; ADJUVANT THERAPY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; GENERAL SURGERY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CRITICAL CARE; DENTAL IMPLANTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; GENERAL SURGERY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATIVE TIME; PATIENT CARE TEAM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908226559     PISSN: 10105182     EISSN: 18784119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2014.02.005     Document Type: Article

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