Head and neck reconstruction with the latissimus dorsi musculocutaneous pedicled flap: Functional preservation of the muscle by staged transfer

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 156-161

  Şafak, Tunç ^a   Akyürek, Mustafa ^a,c   Yüksel, Eser ^b   Kayikçioǧlu, Aycan ^a   Keçik, Abdullah ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; MALE; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER GIRDLE; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND DRESSING;

CICATRIX; CONTRACTURE; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; HUMANS; NECK INJURIES; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0345698881     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-199808000-00007     Document Type: Article

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