The role of free tissue transfer in the reconstruction of massive neglected skin cancers of the head and neck

Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 479-482

  Wax, Mark K ^a   Burkey, Brian B ^b   Bascom, Daphne ^a   Rosenthal, Eben L ^c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TUMOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1542391329     PISSN: 15212491     EISSN: 15383660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archfaci.5.6.479     Document Type: Article

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