Behavior of radial forearm skin flaps transplanted into the oral cavity

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 379-389

  Badran, D ^a   Soutar, D S ^b   Robertson, A G ^c   Reid, O ^a   Milne, E W ^a   Mcdonald, S W ^a   Scothorne, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b CANNIESBURN PLASTIC SURGERY UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c BEATSON WEST OF SCOTLAND CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidermis; Histological features; Inflammation; Radiotherapy; Reactive changes; Reconstructive surgery; Skin flaps

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; FOREARM; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGIC SKIN REACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH TUMOR; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN FLAP; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADULT; AGED; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0031735347     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2353(1998)11:6<379::AID-CA3>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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