Free latissimus dorsi perforator flap for reconstruction of hemifacial atrophy: Case report

Microsurgery

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 369-371

  Suominen, Erkki A ^a   Niemi, Tarja S ^b   Koskivuo, Ilkka O ^b   Brück, Nina M ^b   Saaristo, Anne M ^b  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISSECTION; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; ENOPHTHALMOS; ESTHETICS; FACE MUSCLE; FACIAL BONE; FACIAL NERVE INJURY; FASCIA; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HEMIFACIAL ATROPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MALE; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORATOR FLAP; PERIOSTEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SYMPTOM;

FACIAL HEMIATROPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 34547890703     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20373     Document Type: Article

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