Vascular Compromise of the Pectoralis Major Musculocutaneous Flap in Head and Neck Reconstruction

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 450-454

  Cunha Gomes, Dean ^a   Choudhari, Charu ^b   Kavarana, Naozer M ^b  

^a Bahrain Specialist Hospital   (Bahrain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE NECROSIS; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NECROSIS; PHARYNX; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0242569231     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000095649.87358.b7     Document Type: Article

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