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Pectoralis major flaps: Functional aspects of the repair of oral and oropharyngeal resections
- Source :
- The Journal of Laryngology & Otology. 102:509-512
- Publication Year :
- 1988
- Publisher :
- Cambridge University Press (CUP), 1988.
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Abstract
- The use of pectoralis major flaps for reconstruction after oral and oropharyngeal resection in a series of seventeen patients is reported. The applications and complications are described. A post-operative assessment of speech, chewing and swallowing in ten of the patients is reported. The functional aspects of such surgery are discussed.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Oropharynx
Adenocarcinoma
Speech Disorders
Surgical Flaps
Resection
Postoperative Complications
Swallowing
medicine
Humans
Aged
Mouth
business.industry
digestive, oral, and skin physiology
General Medicine
Middle Aged
Deglutition
Surgery
Oropharyngeal Neoplasms
Otorhinolaryngology
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
Mastication
Female
Mouth Neoplasms
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17485460 and 00222151
- Volume :
- 102
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Journal of Laryngology & Otology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....1e7abe7249b82ffefcbd5ff8db68f0cc