Proximal forearm flap based on a septocutaneous vessel from the radial artery

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 955-960

  Lin, Jeng Yee ^a   Cheng, Ming Huei ^a   Wei, Fu Chan ^a   Song, Dennis ^a   Huang, Wei Chao ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DONOR; DONOR SITE; FACE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; SCAR; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VEIN GRAFT; WOUND INFECTION; CASE REPORT; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HISTOLOGY; LIP TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; PATHOLOGY; TONGUE TUMOR; TRANSPLANTATION; VASCULARIZATION; VERRUCOUS CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, VERRUCOUS; FEMALE; FOREARM; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LIP NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; RADIAL ARTERY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33645732145     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000200625.24989.aa     Document Type: Article

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