Contemporary skull base reconstruction

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 294-299

  Moyer, Jeffrey S ^a   Chepeha, Douglas B ^a   Teknos, Theodoros N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Free tissue transfer; Local flaps; Skull base reconstruction

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; PAROTID GLAND TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKULL BASE; SKULL DEFECT; SKULL SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

BONE TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKULL BASE; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 3242801318     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.moo.0000131445.27574.be     Document Type: Review

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