The use of the buccal fat pad for reconstruction of oral defects: Review of the literature and report of 15 cases

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 158-163

  Rapidis, Alexander D ^a,b   Alexandridis, Constantine A ^c   Eleftheriadis, Efstathios ^c   Angelopoulos, Angelos P ^c  

^a Division of Surgery   (Greece)

^b SAINT SAVVAS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CHEEK MUCOSA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; MANDIBLE TUMOR; MAXILLA TUMOR; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; MOUTH CAVITY; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 0033981099     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-2391(00)90330-6     Document Type: Article

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