Microvascular free flaps: A major advance in head and neck reconstruction

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 122, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 779-784

  Rinaldo, Alessandra ^a   Shaha, Ashok R ^b   Wei, William I ^c   Silver, Carl E ^d   Ferlito, Alfio ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; FREE SKIN GRAFT; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ARM; ARTERIES; FIBULA; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; ILIUM; JEJUNUM; MICROSURGERY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SCAPULA; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 18744415420     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655402/000028041     Document Type: Review

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