Pre-expanded ultra-thin supraclavicular flaps for (full-) face reconstruction with reduced donor-site morbidity and without the need for microsurgery

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 115, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1837-1844

  Pallua, Norbert ^a,b,c   Von Heimburg, D ^a,b  

^a Aachen University of Technology ^*

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST; DONOR SITE; FACE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISLAND FLAP; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN COLOR; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURNS; CHILD; FACIAL INJURIES; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE EXPANDERS; TISSUE EXPANSION;

EID: 20044374195     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000165080.70891.88     Document Type: Article

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