Versatility of a free inferior rectus abdominis flap for head and neck reconstruction: Analysis of 200 cases

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 762-769

  Harii, Kiyonori ^a   Yamada, Atsushi ^a   Asato, Hirotaka ^a   Ebihara, Satoshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FEMALE; FISTULA; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXILLA SINUS CANCER; MOUTH CANCER; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE NECROSIS; TONGUE CANCER; VEIN THROMBOSIS; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0028281190     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199404000-00017     Document Type: Article

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