Anterolateral thigh flap for the reconstruction of head and neck defects: Alternative or replacement of the radial forearm flap?

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1148-1153

  Valentini, Valentino ^a,b   Cassoni, Andrea ^a   Marianetti, Tito M ^a   Battisti, Andrea ^a   Terenzi, Valentina ^a   Iannetti, Giorgio ^a  

^a POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anterolateral thigh flap; Free flap; Head and neck reconstruction; Radial forearm flap

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP; ARTICLE; ETHMOID BONE; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HEAD AND NECK MALFORMATION; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASAL BONE; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL FOREARM FLAP; SOFT TISSUE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; FOREARM; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; THIGH; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREARM; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55449102251     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e3181764ad6     Document Type: Article

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