Improving outcomes of locoregional flaps: An emphasis on anatomy and basic science

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 260-264

  Lee, Richard G ^a   Baskin, Jonathan Z ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Facial reconstruction; Locoregional flaps; Vascular anatomy

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR;

ARTERY; CADAVER; COMPREHENSION; FACE SURGERY; FOREHEAD FLAP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; ISLAND FLAP; JAW MALFORMATION; MICROVASCULARIZATION; MOUTH; MUSCLE FLAP; NECK MALFORMATION; NONHUMAN; NOSE MALFORMATION; ORBIT; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCIENCE; SKIN FLAP; SKIN PROTECTION; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; SURGEON; TISSUE FLAP; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; VEIN; VENOUS STASIS; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; FACE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33746562369     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.moo.0000233597.07047.6d     Document Type: Review

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