Reconstructive considerations after resection of malignant melanoma in the head and neck

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 222-226

  Sekido, Mitsuru ^a   Yamamoto, Yuhei ^a   Tsutsumida, Arata ^a   Yoshida, Tetsunori ^a   Minakawa, Hidehiko ^a   Nohira, Kunihiko ^a   Shintomi, Yoshihisa ^a   Sugihara, Tsuneki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Free flap; Head and neck reconstruction; Local flap; Malignant melanoma; Skin graft

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEEK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYEBROW; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; LOWER EYELID; LOWER LIP; MALE; MELANOMA; NOSE; PLASTIC SURGERY; SCALP; SKIN FLAP; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; UPPER LIP;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 24644506592     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844310410004883     Document Type: Article

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