Laryngotracheal reconstruction using prefabricated and preconditioned composite radial forearm free flaps. A report of two cases

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 253-258

  Schipper, Jörg ^a,b   Ridder, Gerd Jürgen ^a   Maier, Wolfgang ^a   Teszler, Christian Barna ^a,c   Horch, Raymund E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cartilage transplantation; Glottic surgery; Laryngeal cancer; Laryngostenosis; Reconstructive surgical procedures; Trachea surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX CANCER; LARYNX SURGERY; MALE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIAL FOREARM FLAP; REHABILITATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION;

CARTILAGE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGECTOMY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; REOPERATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACHEAL NEOPLASMS; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 34247113862     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2006.07.013     Document Type: Article

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