Technical modifications of the latissimus dorsi pedicled flap to increase versatility and viability

Laryngoscope

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 352-357

  Hayden, Richard E ^a   Kirby, Simon D ^a   Deschler, Daniel G ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FISTULA; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROSIS; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; CUTANEOUS FISTULA; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NECK INJURIES; NECROSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034059950     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200003000-00004     Document Type: Article

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