Donor site morbidity of the fasciocutaneous radial forearm flap: What does the patient really bother?

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 264, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 929-934

  De Witt, Christien A ^a   De Bree, Remco ^a   Verdonck De Leeuw, Irma M ^a   Quak, Jasper J ^a   Leemans, C René ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cosmetics; Donor site morbidity; Free radial forearm flap; Functional results; Head and neck cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM INJURY; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; DONOR SITE; DUPUYTREN CONTRACTURE; ESTHETICS; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FEMALE; FOREARM; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIAL FOREARM FLAP; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; WRIST INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; FASCIA; FEMALE; FOREARM; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34347398022     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-007-0277-1     Document Type: Article

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