Infrahyoid fascio-myocutaneous flap as an alternative to free radial forearm flap in head and neck reconstruction

Head and Neck

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 285-291

  Deganello, Alberto ^a   Manciocco, Valentina ^a   Dolivet, Gilles ^b   Leemans, C René ^c   Spriano, Giuseppe ^a  

^a REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b CENTRE ALEXIS VAUTRIN   (France)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Free radial forearm flap; Head and neck reconstruction; Infrahyoid flap

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FASCIA; FEMALE; FREE RADIAL FOREARM FLAP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; INFRAHYOID FLAP; MALE; MANDIBLE RESECTION; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; MOUTH CANCER; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; NECK DISSECTION; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN FLAP; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NECK DISSECTION; NECROSIS; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PHARYNGECTOMY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 33847377957     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20512     Document Type: Review

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