A Prospective Comparison of Scalpel Versus Bipolar Scissors in the Elevation of Radial Forearm Fasciocutaneous Free Flaps

Laryngoscope

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 568-571

  Wax, Mark K ^a   Winslow, Catherine ^a   Desyatnikova, Stella ^a   Andersen, Peter E ^a   Cohen, James I ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bipolar scissors; free flap; radial forearm; reconstruction; Scalpel

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROSURGERY; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FOREARM; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCALPEL; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

DISSECTION; FEMALE; FOREARM; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TIME FACTORS; TOURNIQUETS;

EID: 0035071046     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200104000-00003     Document Type: Article

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