Ipsilateral full-thickness forearm skin graft for covering the radial forearm flap donor site

Laryngoscope

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1043-1046

  Shiba, Keisuke ^a   Iida, Yumiko ^b   Numata, Tsutomu ^b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Donor sitedefect; Full thickness skin graft; Radial forearm free flap; Reconstructive surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DONOR SITE; ESTHETIC SURGERY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL FOREARM FREE FLAP; RECIPIENT; SKIN FLAP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THICKNESS; WRIST;

ESTHETICS; FOREARM; HUMANS; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; WOUND HEALING; WRIST;

EID: 0037646689     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200306000-00023     Document Type: Article

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