Double free flaps in reconstruction of extensive composite mandibular defects in head and neck cancer

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-47

  Wei, Fu Chan ^a   Demirkan, Ferit ^a   Chen, Hung Chi ^a   Chen, I How ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE REMODELING; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; JAW MALFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE RECONSTRUCTION; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0032961251     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199901000-00008     Document Type: Article

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