Use of anterolateral thigh and lateral arm fasciocutaneous free flaps in lateral skull base reconstruction

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 169-175

  Malata, Charles M ^a   Tehrani, Hamid ^a   Kumiponjera, Devor ^a   Hardy, David G ^a   Moffat, David A ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterolateral thigh flap; Fasciocutaneous flaps; Free flaps; Free tissue transfer; Lateral arm flap; Microvascular surgery; Skull base reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARM; ARTICLE; BONE INFECTION; BONE NECROSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DONOR; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; METASTASIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SKULL DEFECT; SKULL SURGERY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THIGH; WOUND CLOSURE;

ADULT; AGED; ARM; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SKULL BASE; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH;

EID: 33746384106     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000218490.16921.c2     Document Type: Article

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