Surgical patterns of venous drainage of the free forearm flap in head and neck reconstruction

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 54-59

  Thoma, Achilleas ^a   Stuart Archibald, S ^a   Jackson, Stanley ^a   Young, J E ^a  

^a NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOREARM; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN SURGERY;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; DRAINAGE; FOREARM; HEAD; HUMAN; NECK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGERY, PLASTIC; SURGICAL FLAPS; VEINS;

EID: 0027980012     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199401000-00008     Document Type: Article

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