Pectoralis major musculocutaneous flap with nipple-areola complex in head and neck reconstruction: Preliminary results of a new modified method

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 413-417

  Coruh, Atilla ^a,b  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Head and neck reconstruction; Necrosis; Nipple areola complex; Pectoralis major musculocutaneous flap; Skin island

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST AREOLA; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ISLAND FLAP; SKIN NECROSIS; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; BREAST; CARCINOMA; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIPPLES; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 33645419094     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000202889.09833.34     Document Type: Article

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