Tracheal reconstruction using a free jejunal flap with cartilage skeleton: Experimental study

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 937-942

  Cavadas, Pedro C ^a  

^a NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CARTILAGE GRAFT; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GOAT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; JEJUNUM; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; TRACHEA RECONSTRUCTION;

ANIMALS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CARTILAGE; FEMALE; GOATS; JEJUNUM; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RIBS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TRACHEA;

EID: 0031965684     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199804040-00008     Document Type: Article

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