Assessment of peri- and postoperative complications and Karnofsky-performance status in head and neck cancer patients after radiation or chemoradiation that underwent surgery with regional or free-flap reconstruction for salvage, palliation, or to improve function

BACKGROUND: Surgery after (chemo)radiation (RCTX/RTX) is felt to be plagued with a high incidence of wound healing complications reported to be as high as 70%. The additional use of vascularized flaps may help to decrease this high rate of complications. Therefore, we examined within a retrospective...

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Autores principales: Simon, Christian, Bulut, Cem, Federspil, Philippe A, Münter, Marc W, Lindel, Katja, Bergmann, Zazie, Sertel, Serkan, Leitzbach, Sarah, Plinkert, Peter K
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Short Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3179945/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21896171
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1748-717X-6-109

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