Adipofascial anterolateral thigh free flap for tongue repair

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 614-618

  Agostini, V ^a   Dini, M ^a   Mori, A ^a   Franchi, A ^a   Agostini, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anterolateral thigh flap; Tongue reconstruction; Tongue sensitivity recovery

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THIGH; TONGUE CARCINOMA; TONGUE DISEASE;

EID: 0042882661     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0007-1226(03)00204-2     Document Type: Article

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