Free latissimus dorsi flap transfer for subtotal scalp and cranium defect reconstruction: Report of 7 cases

Microsurgery

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 425-428

  Hierner, Robert ^a   Van Loon, Johann ^a   Goffin, Jan ^a   Van Calenbergh, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOPLASTY; ELECTRIC ACCIDENT; ESTHETICS; EXTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; FEMALE; FREE OMENTUM FLAP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MALE; MAXILLARY ARTERY; MUSCLE FLAP; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; NEUROSURGERY; OMENTUM; OSTEITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCALP; SKULL DEFECT; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEITIS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SCALP; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SKULL NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 34547914866     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20386     Document Type: Article

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