The free serratus anterior flap and its cutaneous component for reconstruction of the face: A series of 27 cases

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1277-1288

  Pittet, Brigitte ^a,b   Mahajan, Ajay Liladhar ^a   Alizadeh, Navid ^a   Schlaudraff, Kai Uwe ^a   Fasel, Jean ^a   Montandon, Denys ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSECTION; FACE SURGERY; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERRATUS ANTERIOR FLAP; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; SKIN FLAP; STOMATITIS; SURGICAL ANATOMY; CASE REPORT; FACE INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TRANSPLANTATION; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACIAL INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOMA; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 33646117502     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000208297.02556.a5     Document Type: Article

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