Use of microvascular free flaps in the reconstruction of the anterior and middle skull base

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 790-796

  Valentini, Valentino ^a   Fabiani, Francesco ^b   Nicolai, Gianluca ^b   Torroni, Andrea ^b   Gennaro, Paolo ^b   Marianetti, Tito Matteo ^b,c   Iannetti, Giorgio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cranial base surgery; Microvascular free flap; Skull base reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOPLASTY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DONOR; FEMALE; FIBULA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MUSCLE FLAP; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SKULL DEFECT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CARCINOMA, ADENOID CYSTIC; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL BASE; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746821029     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001665-200607000-00035     Document Type: Article

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