Selection of recipient vessels in double free-flap reconstruction of composite head and neck defects

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1553-1561

  Yazar, Sukru ^a,b   Wei, Fu Chan ^a,b,c   Chen, Hung Chi ^a,b   Cheng, Ming Huei ^a,b   Huang, Wei Chao ^a,b   Lin, Chih Hung ^a,b   Tsao, Chung Kan ^a,b  

^a Chang Gung University ^*

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPOSITE GRAFT; FACE SURGERY; FACIAL ARTERY; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECK MALFORMATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; SUPERIOR THYROID ARTERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VEIN GRAFT;

EID: 18044364801     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000160274.21680.6F     Document Type: Article

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