A review of the advantages of the anterolateral thigh flap in head and neck reconstruction

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 603-609

  Chana, Jagdeep S ^a,b   Wei, Fu Chan ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b MOUNT VERNON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE DEFECT; DISSECTION; FACE SURGERY; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; INCISION; JAW DISEASE; MOUTH DISEASE; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; REVIEW; SCALP; SKIN FLAP; SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THIGH; TONGUE DISEASE; FACE; HEAD; MANDIBLE; METHODOLOGY; MOUTH; NECK; TONGUE;

DISSECTION; FACE; HEAD; HUMANS; MANDIBLE; MOUTH; NECK; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SCALP; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH; TONGUE;

EID: 6344276858     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2004.05.032     Document Type: Article

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