The infrahyoid flap: A technique for defect closure in the floor of the mouth, the tongue, the buccal mucosa, and the lateral pharyngeal wall

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-41

  Hell, Berthold ^a   Heissler, Ernst ^a   Gath, Hans ^a   Menneking, Horst ^a   Langford, Angelika ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Infrahyoid flap; Oncology; Reconstructive surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL PLEXUS; CHEEK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INNERVATION; JUGULAR VEIN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTONEURON; MOUTH; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH TUMOR; NECK MUSCLE; PATHOLOGY; PHARYNX; PHARYNX CANCER; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; SPEECH; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SWALLOWING; TONGUE; TONGUE TUMOR; TRANSPLANTATION; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CERVICAL PLEXUS; CHEEK; DEGLUTITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MOUTH FLOOR; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NECK MUSCLES; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PHARYNX; SPEECH; SURGICAL FLAPS; TONGUE; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031062378     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0901-5027(97)80844-2     Document Type: Article

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