The neurovascular infrahyoid muscle flap: A new method for tongue reconstruction

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 613-618

  Remmert, Stephan M ^a   Sommer, Konrad D ^a   Majocco, Andreas M ^a   Weerda, Hilko G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; GLOSSECTOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYOID BONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONGUE CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GLOSSECTOMY; HUMANS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TONGUE; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030932189     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199703000-00001     Document Type: Article

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