Reinnervated anterolateral thigh flap for tongue reconstruction

Head and Neck

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1038-1044

  Yu, Peirong ^a  

^a FC 82000 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Anterolateral thigh flap; Glossectomy; Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve; Lingual nerve; Pain sensation; Radiotherapy; Semmes weinstein monofilament testing; Sensory reinnervation; Temperature sensation; Tongue reconstruction; Two point discrimination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; GLOSSECTOMY; HUMAN; LINGUAL NERVE; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; NOCICEPTION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SPEECH; SWALLOWING; TEMPERATURE SENSE; THIGH; TONGUE RECONSTRUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GLOSSECTOMY; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH; TONGUE NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 10044278010     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20106     Document Type: Article

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