Radial free flaps using loupe magnification: Audit of 97 cases of orofacial reconstruction

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 36-37

  Ashworth, Dan R ^a   Whear, N M ^a   Fan, V ^a  

^a NEW CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Operative techniques; Oropharyngeal reconstruction; Surgical anastomosis

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACE; FACE SURGERY; FASCIA; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MICROSURGERY; MICROVASCULATURE; MOUTH; MOUTH CARCINOMA; MOUTH TUMOR; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; ORAL SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONGUE CARCINOMA; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0347268965     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-4356(03)00189-X     Document Type: Article

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