Reconstruction with microvascular free flaps by visiting microsurgeons

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 140-144

  Lutz, Barbara S ^a   Wieslander, Jan B ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Free flap; Long distance; Microvascular; Postoperative control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FREE SKIN GRAFT; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RELIABILITY; SAFETY;

FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0038386888     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844310310007737     Document Type: Article

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