Factors affecting orocutaneous fistula formation following head and neck reconstructive surgery

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 132-135

  Dawson, C ^a   Gadiwalla, Y ^a   Martin, T ^a   Praveen, P ^a   Parmar, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemoradiotherapy; Flap reconstruction; Head and neck cancer; Oral intake; Orocutaneous fistula

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REHABILITATION; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE DURATION; GRAFT FAILURE; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL FISTULA; OROCUTANEOUS FISTULA; ORONASAL FISTULA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN FISTULA; SURGICAL INFECTION; WOUND DEHISCENCE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR;

CUTANEOUS FISTULA; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; ORAL FISTULA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84994338390     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: 15321940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2016.07.021     Document Type: Article

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