The radial free forearm flap - Prelaminated versus non-prelaminated: A comparison of two methods

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 159-166

  Poeschl, P W ^a   Kermer, C ^a   Wagner, A ^a   Klug, C ^a   Ziya Ghazvini, F ^a   Poeschl, E ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Intraoral reconstruction; Mucosa transplantation; Oral cancer; Prelimination; Radial forearm free flap

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; MITOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DONOR SITE; FASCIA; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREARM; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MOUTH CANCER; MUCOSA; ORAL SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0038701865     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/ijom.2002.0282     Document Type: Article

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