Monitoring the free radial forearm flap in pharyngo-oesophageal reconstruction

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 40-42

  Furuta, S ^a   Hataya, Y ^a   Ishigaki, Y ^a   Watanabe, T ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ESOPHAGUS; FOREARM; HUMAN; ISLAND FLAP; MALE; PHARYNX; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FLAP;

EID: 0031037768     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0007-1226(97)91281-9     Document Type: Article

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