Free posterior tibial flap for head and neck reconstruction after tumor expiration

Laryngoscope

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 216-221

  Ng, Raymond W M ^a   Chan, Jimmy Y W ^a   Mok, Vivian ^a   Wei, William I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

External coverage; Flap complication; Flap survival; Free flap; Head and neck reconstruction; Intraoral mucosal lining; Outcome; Posterior tibial artery; Posterior tibial flap; Posterior tibial nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD TOLERANCE; DONOR; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; POSTERIOR TIBIAL FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN GRAFT; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOMA; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIBIAL ARTERY; TRANSPLANTATION; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIAL ARTERIES;

EID: 40949127042     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e3181593dcb     Document Type: Article

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