Successful Free Osteocutaneous Scapular Flap Transfer for Mandibular Reconstruction in a 93-Year-Old Patient

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 92-97

  Niitsuma, Katsunori ^a   Hatoko, Mitsuo ^a   Kuwahara, Masamitsu ^a   Tanaka, Aya ^a   Iioka, Hiroshi ^a   Fukuda, Takehiko ^a   Yane, Katsunari ^a  

^a Nemours Children's Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly patient; Free osteocutaneous scapular flap; Mandibular reconstruction

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GINGIVA TUMOR; HUMAN; MANDIBLE; MANDIBLE TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MICROCIRCULATION; ORAL SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; SCAPULA; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; GINGIVAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR NEOPLASMS; MICROCIRCULATION; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SCAPULA; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 1442284123     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: 15363732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001665-200401000-00026     Document Type: Article

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