Reconstruction of large defects on the scalp and forehead as an interdisciplinary challenge: Experience in the management of 39 cases

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1006-1014

  Kruse Losler B ^a   Presser, D ^a   Meyer, U ^a   Schul, C ^a   Luger, T ^a   Joos, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Forehead reconstruction; Long term results; Malignant skin tumours; Scalp reconstruction; Scalp tumours; Surgical flaps

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREHEAD; GRANULATION TISSUE; HEALING IMPAIRMENT; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NECROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN FLAP; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN SURGERY; SKIN TUMOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

AGED; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCALP; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33751008684     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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