Full-thickness skin graft from the groin for coverage of the radial forearm free flap donor site

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 325-329

  Kim, Theresa B ^a   Moe, Kris S ^b   Eisele, David W ^a   Orloff, Lisa A ^a   Wang, Steven J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL FOREARM FLAP; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WOUND CARE; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND HEALING;

FOREARM; GROIN; HUMANS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34548438561     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2006.10.009     Document Type: Article

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