Evaluation of the donor site in patients who underwent reconstruction with a free radial forearm flap

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 113-117

  Ito, Osamu ^a,b   Igawa, Hiroharu H ^a   Suzuki, Shigehiko ^c   Muneuchi, Gan ^a   Kawazoe, Takeshi ^c   Saso, Yasumi ^c   Onodera, Masayuki ^a   Park, Susam ^a   Hata, Yuiro ^d  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGAWA PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Donor site; Free radial forearm flap

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DONOR SITE; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FEMALE; FOREARM; FREE RADIAL FOREARM FLAP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MOUTH TUMOR; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PIGMENT DISORDER; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; WOUND DRESSING;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREARM; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE DONORS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 14844348847     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-864844     Document Type: Article

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