Application of lateral arm free flap in oral and maxillofacial reconstruction following tumor surgery

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 394-398

  Song, Xiao Meng ^a   Yuan, Ye ^a   Tao, Zhen Jiang ^a   Wu, He Ming ^a   Yuan, Hua ^a   Wu, Yu Nong ^a,b  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NONE   (China)

Author keywords

Lateral arm free flap; Oral and maxillofacial area reconstruction; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GINGIVAL BIOPSY; HEALING; HUMAN; LATERAL ARM FLAP; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; NECROSIS; RADIAL ARTERY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

ADULT; AGED; ARM; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548085149     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000104815     Document Type: Article

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