Microsurgical reconstruction of noma-related facial defects with folded free flaps: An overview of 31 cases

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 132-138

  Giessler, Goetz A ^a   Fieger, Alexander ^b   Cornelius, Carl Peter ^c   Schmidt, Andreas B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Burn Center   (Germany)

^c Department of Surgery   (Germany)

Author keywords

Free flap; Microvascular reconstruction; Noma; Trismus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FACE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GANGRENE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MICROVASCULATURE; NIGERIA; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STOMATITIS; TRISMUS; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TRISMUS;

EID: 22944486964     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000165688.50780.e9     Document Type: Review

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