Surgical techniques and results of lateral thoracic cutaneous, myocutaneous, and conjoint flaps for head and neck reconstruction

Laryngoscope

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 288-294

  Yuen, Anthony Po Wing ^a   Ng, Raymond Wai Man ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Axillary flap; Lateral thoracic flap; Serratus anterior myocutaneous flap

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DONOR SITE; ESTHETICS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MALE; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; NASOPHARYNX; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN FLAP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ZYGOMA;

AGED; ESTHETICS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NASOPHARYNX; NECK; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; PHARYNX; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 33846809226     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000250494.62826.6b     Document Type: Article

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