Vessel-depleted neck: Techniques for achieving microvascular reconstruction

Head and Neck

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 201-207

  Jacobson, Adam S ^a   Eloy, Jean Anderson ^a   Park, Eunice ^a   Roman, Benjamin ^a   Genden, Eric M ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cephalic vein; Internal mammary vessels; Microvascular reconstruction; Reverse flow scapula flap; Vessel depleted neck

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CEPHALIC VEIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; NECK DISSECTION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAPULAR FLAP; THORACODORSAL ARTERY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VEIN GRAFT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NECK DISSECTION; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 39149115106     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20676     Document Type: Article

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