Rationale for reconstruction of large scalp defects using the anterolateral thigh flap: Structural and aesthetic outcomes

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 539-545

  Özkan, Ömer ^a   Coskunfirat, O Koray ^a   Özgentas, H Ege ^a   Derin, Alper ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aesthetic and structural outcomes; Anterolateral thigh flap; Scalp reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOTOMY; DONOR SITE; DURA MATER; ELECTRIC BURN; ESTHETICS; FASCIA; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION; MALE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; SCALP DEFECT; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN INJURY; SKIN STRUCTURE; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SCALP; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28444490672     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-922433     Document Type: Article

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