Sensation recovery on innervated radial forearm flap for hemiglossectomy reconstruction by using different recipient nerves

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 450-457

  Santamaria, Eric ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GLOSSECTOMY; HUMAN; INFERIOR ALVEOLAR NERVE; INNERVATION; LINGUAL NERVE; MALE; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NOCICEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSATION; SMOKING; TEMPERATURE SENSE; TONGUE CANCER; TOUCH;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOREARM; GLOSSECTOMY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SENSATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TONGUE; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032934653     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199902000-00013     Document Type: Article

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