Debulking of free myocutaneous flaps for head and neck reconstruction using an arthroscopic shaver

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 450-452

  Tan, N C ^a,b   Cigna, E ^a   Varkey, P ^a   Liu, Y T ^a  

^a I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; FACE ASYMMETRY; FACE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; GRAFT NECROSIS; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SEROMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPES; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FACIAL ASYMMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247895607     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2006.12.007     Document Type: Article

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