Rapid autonomisation of a combined fibular- and anterolateral thigh flap transferred by a wrist carrier to an irradiated and vessel depleted neck

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 123-126

  Wolff, Klaus Dietrich ^a   Mücke, Thomas ^a   Lehmbrock, Jutta ^a   Loeffelbein, Denys J ^a   Kesting, Marco R ^a   Hölzle, Frank ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autonomisation; Carrier flap; Ischemic conditioning; Vessel depleted neck

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGENATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FACE SURGERY; FIBULA GRAFT; GRAFT PERFUSION; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; NECK; NECK DISSECTION; OCCLUSION; OSTEOCUTANEOUS FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIUS; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULTRASOUND; WOUND HEALING; WRIST; FOREARM; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; RADIAL ARTERY; THIGH; VASCULARIZATION;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FOREARM; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; RADIAL ARTERY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH; WRIST;

EID: 59649084479     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.21205     Document Type: Article

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