Reconstruction of the hard palate using the radial forearm free flap: Indications and outcomes

Head and Neck

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 808-814

  Genden, Eric M ^a   Wallace, Derrick I ^b   Okay, Devin ^a   Urken, Mark L ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Flap; Forearm; Outcome; Palate; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HARD PALATE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLEOMORPHIC ADENOMA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; RADIAL FOREARM FREE FLAP; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPEECH; SPEECH REHABILITATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALATAL NEOPLASMS; PALATAL OBTURATORS; PALATE, HARD; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4344701738     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20026     Document Type: Article

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