Giant basal cell carcinoma surgical management and reconstructive challenges

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 250-254

  Lackey, Phillip L ^a   Sargent, Larry A ^a   Wong, Lesley ^a   Brzezienski, Mark ^a   Kennedy, J Woodfin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Giant basal cell

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE SKIN GRAFT; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GIANT CELL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; NEGLECT; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGICAL PATIENT; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, GIANT CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34247641149     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000250842.96272.37     Document Type: Review

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