Head and neck reconstruction using lateral thigh free flap: Flap design

Microsurgery

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 157-165

  Ha, Bomjoon ^a   Baek, Chung Hwan ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; THIGH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BURNS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CICATRIX; CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NECK INJURIES; NECROSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032964383     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2752(1999)19:3<157::AID-MICR7>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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