Arterial coupling for microvascular free tissue transfer in head and neck reconstruction

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 891-895

  Ross, Douglas A ^a   Chow, Jen Y ^a   Shin, Joseph ^a   Restifo, Richard ^a   Joe, John K ^a   Sasaki, Clarence T ^a   Ariyan, Stephen ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTERY SURGERY; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; FIBULA; FOREARM; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MICROVASCULAR FREE TISSUE TRANSFER; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIUS; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE FLAP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 26844454157     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.131.10.891     Document Type: Article

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