The forearm flap: assessment of functional and aesthetic outcomes and quality of life

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 367-374

  Ciuman, Raphael ^a,b   Mohr, Christopher ^a   Kröger, Knut ^a   Dost, Philipp ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b Marienhospital Gelsenkirchen ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FOREARM FLAP TRANSFER; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRIP STRENGTH; HAIR GROWTH; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MOTION; MOUTH CAVITY; ORAL SURGERY; OSCILLOMETRY; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANGE OF MOTION; SCAR; SENSATION; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; STRENGTH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE SENSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION; WOUND HEALING; WRIST;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREARM; HAND STRENGTH; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SENSATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35548956558     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2006.10.018     Document Type: Article

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