The vertically oriented free myocutaneous gracilis flap in head and neck reconstruction

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 632-636

  Kropf, Nina ^a   Cordeiro, Christina N ^b   McCarthy, Colleen M ^a   Hu, Qunying Y ^a   Cordeiro, Peter G ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Free gracilis myocutaneous flap; Head and neck reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA BASE; EVISCERATION; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOSSECTOMY; GRACILIS FLAP; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MANDIBLE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PAROTID GLAND TUMOR; PAROTIDECTOMY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN CANCER; TEMPORAL BONE; WOUND HEALING; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 61749084675     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31816d82c0     Document Type: Article

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