Superiority of end-to-side anastomosis with the internal jugular vein: The experience of 80 cases in head and neck microsurgical reconstruction

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 88-91

  Yamamoto, Yuhei ^a   Nohira, Kunihiko ^a   Kuwahara, Hiroaki ^a   Sekido, Mitsuru ^a   Furukawa, Hiroshi ^a   Sugihara, Tsuneki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anastomosis; Head and neck; Microsurgery; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; END TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; FEMALE; FOREARM; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; JEJUNUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 0033103613     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjps.1998.3037     Document Type: Article

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