Free combined composite flaps using the lateral circumflex femoral system for repair of massive defects of the head and neck regions: An introduction to the chimeric flap principle

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 411-421

  Koshima, Isao ^a,b   Yamamoto, Hidekazu ^a   Hosoda, Masaru ^a   Moriguchi, Takahiko ^a   Orita, Yozo ^a   Nagayama, Hisao ^a  

^a Kawasaki Medical School ^*  (Japan)

^b KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEAD AND NECK MALFORMATION; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; ILIAC BONE; MALE; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THIGH;

ADULT; AGED; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEAD; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH;

EID: 0027171191     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199309000-00004     Document Type: Article

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