Venous flow-through flap as an external monitor for buried radial forearm free flap in head and neck reconstruction

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1217-1221

  Pellini, Raul ^a   Pichi, Barbara ^a   Ruggieri, Marzia ^a   Ruscito, Paolo ^a   Spriano, Giuseppe ^a  

^a REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Buried flap; Free flap; Head and neck reconstruction; Head and neck surgery; Microvascular surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ISLAND FLAP; SKIN SURFACE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE BLOOD FLOW; TISSUE FLAP; TISSUE PERFUSION; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

FOREARM; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGECTOMY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 33749611772     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2006.01.026     Document Type: Article

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