The lateral upper arm free flap for intraoral reconstruction

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 104-111

  Gellrich, Nils Claudius ^b   Kwon, T G ^a   Lauer, G ^b   Fakler, O ^b   Gutwald, R ^b   Otten, J E ^b   Schmelzeisen, R ^b  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b Dept of Oral and Maxillofacial S ^*

Author keywords

Intraoral reconstruction; Lateral upper arm free flap (LUFF); Microsurgery; Oral cancer; Radial forearm free flap (RFFF)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FASCIA; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; LARYNGECTOMY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH TUMOR; ORAL SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SPEECH; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SWALLOWING; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARM; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DEGLUTITION; FASCIA; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; LARYNGECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SPEECH; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034165264     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0901-5027(00)80006-5     Document Type: Article

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