Thinned Anterolateral Thigh Cutaneous Flap and Radial Fasciocutaneous Forearm Flap for Reconstruction of Oral Defects: Comparison of Donor Site Morbidity

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1093-1098

  Loreti, Andrea ^a   Di Lella, Giovanni ^a   Vetrano, Stefano ^a   Tedaldi, Massimiliano ^a   Dell'Osso, Aldo ^a   Poladas, Giuseppe ^a  

^a SAN GIOVANNI ADDOLORATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANDIBLE RESECTION; MORBIDITY; MOUTH DISEASE; PLASTIC SURGERY; SKIN GRAFT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESTHETICS; FASCIA; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; MOVEMENT; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 43649083127     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2007.09.021     Document Type: Article

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