A method that preserves circulation during preparation of the pectoralis major myocutaneous flap in head and neck reconstruction

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2336-2345

  Kiyokawa, Kensuke ^a   Tai, Yoshiaki ^a   Tanabe, Hiroko Yanaga ^a   Inoue, Yojiro ^a   Yamauchi, Toshihiko ^a   Rikimaru, Hideaki ^a   Mori, Kazunori ^a   Nakashima, Tadashi ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAD CANCER; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; NECK CANCER; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ISLAND FLAP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0032411224     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199812000-00010     Document Type: Article

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