## Abstract The patient was a 62βyearβold man with chief complaints of pharyngeal pain and dysphagia. He was diagnosed with pyriform sinus poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma T3N0M0 (Stage II) and underwent partial laryngopharyngectomy, lymphadenectomy in the right neck, tracheostomy, and
Microvascular reconstruction of the columella using a small radial forearm free flap: a case report
β Scribed by Rossella Sgarzani; Luca Negosanti; Claudio Marchetti; Riccardo Cipriani
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 258 KB
- Volume
- 32
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1435-0130
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