Total reconstruction of the upper lip after resection of a malignant melanoma

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-47

  Eguchi, Tomoaki ^a   Nakatsuka, Takashi ^b   Mori, Yoshiyuki ^a   Takato, Tsuyoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Malignant melanoma; Medical tattooing; Radial forearm flap; Sensory flap; Upper lip reconstruction

Indexed keywords

DACARBAZINE; NIMUSTINE; VINCRISTINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; LIP MALFORMATION; LIP RECONSTRUCTION; MELANOMA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RADIAL FOREARM SENSORY FLAP; SKIN FLAP; SYMPTOM; TATTOOING; UPPER LIP;

AGED; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; LIP; LIP NEOPLASMS; MELANOMA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 14644415489     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844310410035401     Document Type: Article

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