The neurofasciocutaneous radial forearm flap in head and neck reconstruction: A preliminary report

Laryngoscope

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 161-173

  Urken, Mark L ^a   Weinberg, Hubert ^a   Vickery, Carlin ^a   Biller, Hugh F ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; FACE SURGERY; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; OROPHARYNX; PAROTID NEOPLASMS; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SENSATION; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0025021995     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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