Anterior neck reconstruction with pre-expanded free groin and scapular flaps

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-68

  Ninkovic, Milomir ^a,b   Moser Rumer, Astrid ^a   Ninkovic, Marina ^a   Spanio, Stefano ^a   Rainer, Christian ^a   Gurunluoglu, Raffi ^a  

^a Leopold Franzens University ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; BURN CONTRACTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DONOR SITE; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; INGUINAL FLAP; MALE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PLATYSMA MUSCLE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAPULAR FLAP; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CASE REPORT; CONTRACTURE; METHODOLOGY; NECK; NECK INJURY; NECK MUSCLE; SCAR; TISSUE EXPANSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURNS; CICATRIX; CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NECK; NECK INJURIES; NECK MUSCLES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE EXPANSION;

EID: 1242309456     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000090726.45594.6B     Document Type: Article

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