Radial forearm free flap

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 577-591

  Futran, Neal D ^a   Gal, T J ^a   Farwell, D Gregory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOPLASTY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; FOREARM; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; MALE; MANDIBLE RESECTION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; MOUTH CARCINOMA; PATIENT CARE; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGEON; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONGUE CARCINOMA;

EID: 0347589437     PISSN: 10423699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1042-3699(03)00062-1     Document Type: Review

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