Incidence of donor site skin graft loss requiring surgical intervention with the radial forearm free flap

Head and Neck

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 573-576

  Emerick, Kevin S ^a,b   Deschler, Daniel G ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Complication; Donor site; Free flap; Morbidity; Radial forearm

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR SITE; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; INCIDENT REPORT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL FOREARM FLAP; SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON; TONGUE CANCER; WOUND HEALING;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; FOREARM; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SPLINTS; SURGICAL FLAPS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34548248563     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20584     Document Type: Article

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