Oromandibular reconstruction with the radial-forearm osteocutaneous flap: Experience with 60 consecutive cases

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 368-378

  Thoma, Achilleas ^a   Khadaroo, Rachel ^b   Grigenas, Orest ^c   Archibald, Stuart ^a   Jackson, Stanley ^a   Young, J E M ^b   Veltri, Karen ^c  

^a St Joseph's Hospital ^*

^b St Joseph's Hospital   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE RECONSTRUCTION; ORAL SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FLAP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0032800725     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199908000-00007     Document Type: Article

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