Sensory recovery of innervated and non-innervated radial forearm free flaps: Functional implications

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 179-185

  Netscher, David ^a,b   Armenta, Arturo H ^a   Meade, Ricardo A ^a   Alford, Eugene L ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DONOR SITE; FEMALE; FOREARM; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; INNERVATION; LINGUAL NERVE; MALE; MOUTH DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSORY NERVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONGUE DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASES; PERCEPTION; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TONGUE DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034015926     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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