Versatile anterolateral thigh perforator flap: Case of tailored reconstruction for a large temporal and parotidectomy defect

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 221-224

  Demirkan, Ferit ^a,b   Unal, Sakir ^b   Arslan, Emrah ^b   Gurbuz, Onur ^b  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MERSIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anterolateral thigh perforator flap; Custom made flaps; Specific defects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DONOR; ESTHETICS; FOLLOW UP; FREY SYNDROME; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PAROTIDECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THIGH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FACE; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH;

EID: 0038319103     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-40577     Document Type: Article

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