Risk factors of recipient site infection in head and neck cancer patients undergoing pectoralis major myocutaneous flap reconstruction

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 272, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 3475-3482

  Wang, Chao Hsien ^a   Wong, Yong Kie ^a   Wang, Ching Ping ^a   Wang, Chen Chi ^a   Jiang, Rong San ^a   Lai, Chih Sheng ^a   Liu, Shih An ^a,b  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Head neck cancer; Logistic regression model; Pectoralis major myocutaneous flap; Radiation; Surgical site infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE NECROSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHARYNX; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE RECONSTRUCTION; MOUTH INFECTION; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; OROPHARYNX; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SKIN ISLAND FLAP; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SURGICAL INFECTION; TRACHEOTOMY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84942101317     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: 14344726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-014-3372-0     Document Type: Article

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