Closure of radial forearm free flap donor site defect with a local meshed full-thickness skin graft: A retrospective study of an original technique

Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 369-373

  Karimi, Abbas ^a   Mahy, Pierre ^a   Reychler, Hervé ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

donor site; purse string; radial flap; skin graft; tendon coverage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DONOR SITE; FEMALE; FLEXOR TENDON; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NECROSIS; RADIAL FOREARM FLAP; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREARM; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TENDONS; THUMB; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 36549051703     PISSN: 10105182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2007.07.004     Document Type: Article

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