Radiation therapy does not impact local complication rates after free flap reconstruction for head and neck cancer

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1308-1312

  Choi, Seungtaek ^a   Schwartz, David L ^a,c,d   Farwell, D Greg ^b   Austin Seymour, Mary ^a   Futran, Neal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Univ of Texas M D A Cancer Ctr ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 8844227356     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.130.11.1308     Document Type: Article

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