Bilobed fibula flap for reconstruction of through-and-through oromandibular defects

Head and Neck

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 829-834

  Said, Meena ^a   Heffelfinger, Ryan ^a   Sercarz, Joel A ^a   Abemayor, Elliot ^a   Head, Christian ^a   Blackwell, Keith E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Fibula flap; Mandible; Necrosis; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIBULA GRAFT; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT NECROSIS; HUMAN; JAW MALFORMATION; MALE; MANDIBLE RECONSTRUCTION; MOUTH MUCOSA; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBULAR NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 37349115916     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20612     Document Type: Article

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