The role of the osteocutaneous radial forearm free flap in the treatment of mandibular osteoradionecrosis

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 80-83

  Militsakh, Oleg N ^a   Wallace, Derrick I ^a   Kriet, J David ^a   Tsue, Terance T ^a   Girod, Douglas A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BONE NECROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GASTROSTOMY; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; JAW DISEASE; MALE; MANDIBLE RECONSTRUCTION; OSTEOCUTANEOUS RADIAL FOREARM FREE FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22144476905     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2005.03.018     Document Type: Article

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