The versatile anterolateral thigh flap: A musculocutaneous flap in disguise in head and neck reconstruction

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 30-36

  Demirkan, F ^a,b   Chen, H C ^a   Wei, F C ^a   Chen, H H ^a   Jung, S G ^a   Hau, S P ^a   Liao, C T ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ANKARA NUMUNE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anterolateral thigh flap; Head and neck reconstruction; Musculocutaneous flap

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEEK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

EID: 0033964841     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjps.1999.3250     Document Type: Article

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