Functional reconstruction of glossectomy defects: The vertical rectus abdominus myocutaneous neotongue

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 343-350

  Haddock, Nicholas T ^a   DeLacure, Mark D ^a   Saadeh, Pierre B ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Glossectomy; Reconstruction; Vertical rectus abdominus myocutaneous; VRAM

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GINGIVA; GLOSSECTOMY; GRANULATION TISSUE; HARD PALATE; HUMAN; MALE; MANDIBLE; PALATOPLASTY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; STOMACH TUBE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SUTURE; TONGUE; TRACHEOTOMY; VERTICAL RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCULOCUTANEOUS FLAP;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; GLOSSECTOMY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TONGUE NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 48649103856     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1080537     Document Type: Article

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