Use of the free vastus lateralis flap in skull base reconstruction

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 568-574

  Chana, Jagdeep S ^a   Chen, Hung Chi ^a   Sharma, Rattan ^a   Hao, Sheng Po ^a   Tsai, Feng Chou ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOPLASTY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MUSCLE FLAP; MUSCLE MASS; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OSTEOSARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMA; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SKULL DEFECT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MAXILLARY NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; SKULL BASE; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 0037312174     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000041989.87773.0F     Document Type: Article

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