The indications and outcomes in the use of osteocutaneous radial forearm free flap

Head and Neck

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 475-481

  Villaret, Douglas B ^a   Futran, Neal A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Head and neck reconstruction; Mandible and maxilla reconstruction; Osteofasciocutaneous flaps; Radial forearm flap

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MANDIBLE RECONSTRUCTION; MAXILLA RESECTION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN GRAFT; SPLINT; TISSUE FLAP; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AGED; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CUTANEOUS FISTULA; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBULAR NEOPLASMS; MAXILLARY NEOPLASMS; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURIES; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038612960     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.10212     Document Type: Article

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