The microvascular thenar flap as a new possibility for super-thin soft tissue reconstruction in the oral cavity—Initial clinical results

Comorbid condition as a prognostic facto

Comorbid condition as a prognostic factor for complications in major surgery of the oral cavity and oropharynx with microvascular soft tissue reconstruction

✍ Pepijn A. Borggreven; Dirk J. Kuik; Jasper J. Quak; Remco de Bree; Gordon B. Sno 📂 Article 📅 2003 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 106 KB 👁 1 views

## Abstract ## Background. Identification of factors, especially comorbidity, that affect the incidence and severity of complications in head and neck cancer patients. ## Methods. One hundred patients with an oral/oropharynx carcinoma undergoing composite resection and microvascular soft tissue