Composite anterolateral thigh-fascia lata flap: A good alternative to radial forearm-palmaris longus flap for total lower lip reconstruction

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2033-2041

  Yildirim, Serkan ^a,b   Gideroǧlu, Kaan ^a   Aydogdu, Eser ^a   Avci, Gülden ^a   Akan, Mithat ^a   Aköz, Tayfun ^a  

^a DR LUTFI KIRDAR KARTAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEEK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIET; FASCIA LATA; FOLLOW UP; FOREARM; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIP CARCINOMA; LIP RECONSTRUCTION; LOWER LIP; MALE; MANDIBLE RESECTION; MOUTH CANCER; ORBICULARIS ORIS MUSCLE; PERIOSTEUM; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TENDON; THIGH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZYGOMA; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; EATING; EVALUATION; LIP; LIP TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIET; EATING; FASCIA LATA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREARM; HUMANS; LIP; LIP NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646837472     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000210663.59939.02     Document Type: Article

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