Comparison of anterolateral thigh and radial forearm free flap donor site morbidity

Microsurgery

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 651-654

  Novak, Christine B ^a   Lipa, Joan E ^a,b   Noria, Sabrena ^a   Allison, Keith ^a   Neligan, Peter C ^a   Gilbert, Ralph W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b Division of General Surgery   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR SITE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MORBIDITY; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL FOREARM FLAP; SCAR; TOUCH;

AGED; CANADA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FOREARM; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH;

EID: 36448986045     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20425     Document Type: Article

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