Closure of the fibula free flap donor site with the sure-closure(TM) skin-stretching device

Laryngoscope

Volumn 106, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1487-1490

  Futran, Neal D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; MOUTH CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN GRAFT; STRETCHING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0029807847     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199612000-00008     Document Type: Article

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