Prospective study of the septocutaneous radial free flap and suprafascial donor site

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 611-616

  Avery, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Donor site; Free flap; Morbidity; Radial forearm; Septocutaneous; Skin graft; Suprafascial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR SITE; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NECK INJURY; RADIAL FOREARM FLAP; RELIABILITY; REOPERATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

AGE FACTORS; DISSECTION; FASCIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREARM; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; TENDONS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 35748966677     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2007.04.008     Document Type: Article

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