Keystone island flap: An alternative reconstructive option to free flaps in irradiated tissue

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 407-413

  Behan, Felix ^a,b   Sizeland, Andrew ^a   Porcedu, Sandro ^a   Somia, Naveen ^a   Wilson, Jeremy ^a  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Diffenbach; Double VY; Irradiated tissue; Keystone Island Flap; Operating time

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; IRRADIATION; ISLAND FLAP; MALE; NECK; OPERATION DURATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND COMPLICATION; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GROIN; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 33744769441     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2006.03708.x     Document Type: Article

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