Reconstruction of large upper lip defects by free tissue transfer

Acta Chirurgiae Plasticae

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 51-53

  Bozikov, K ^a   Arnez, Z M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Free flaps; Lip; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; LIP; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FACIAL INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 55249104750     PISSN: 00015423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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