Evaluation of donor site function and morbidity of the fasciocutaneous radial forearm flap

Laryngoscope

Volumn 114, Issue 11 I, 2004, Pages 1973-1976

  De Bree, Remco ^a,c   Hartley, Chris ^b   Smeele, Ludwig E ^a   Kuik, Dirk J ^a   Quak, Jasper J ^a   Leemans, C René ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL PRESTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Donor site morbidity; Free radial forearm flap; Functional results; Head and neck cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD TOLERANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR SITE; ESTHETICS; EVALUATION; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FASCIOCUTANEOUS RADIAL FOREARM FLAP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GONIOMETRY; HEAD TUMOR; HUMAN; NECK TUMOR; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT COUNSELING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOREARM; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 3242695733     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000147931.29261.18     Document Type: Article

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