Characteristics of the anterolateral thigh flap in a western population and its application in head and neck reconstruction

Head and Neck

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 759-769

  Yu, Peirong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterolateral thigh flap; Body mass index; Flap thickness; Head and neck reconstruction; Perforator flap

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP; ASIA; BODY MASS; CUTANEOUS PERFORATOR; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK RECONSTRUCTION; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; JAPAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PERFORATOR FLAP; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEROMA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THICKNESS; THIGH; TISSUE NECROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CERVICOPLASTY; FEMALE; HEAD; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4344668449     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20050     Document Type: Review

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