Functional hemitongue reconstruction with the microvascular ulnar forearm flap

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 654-660

  Salibian, Arthur H ^a   Allison, Glenn R ^a   Armstrong, William B ^a   Krugman, Mark E ^a   Strelzow, Victor V ^a   Kelly, Timothy ^a   Brugman, Joseph J ^a   Hoerauf, Pamela ^a   McMicken, Betty L ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CINERADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIET; FEMALE; FOREARM; GLOSSECTOMY; HUMAN; MALE; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FLAP; SPEECH; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWALLOWING; TONGUE CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032864221     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199909010-00006     Document Type: Article

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