Donor-site morbidity following radial forearm free tissue transfer in head and neck surgery

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 411-416

  Sardesai, Maya G ^a   Fung, Kevin ^a   Yoo, John H ^a   Bakker, Heidi ^a  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Donor site morbidity; Radial forearm free flap

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR; FEMALE; FINGER; FLEXOR REFLEX; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND MOVEMENT; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; LARYNX CARCINOMA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; MOUTH TUMOR; OROPHARYNX TUMOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PINCH STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL FOREARM FLAP; RANGE OF MOTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; WRIST;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREARM; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 64349105195     PISSN: 19160216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7070.2008.050035     Document Type: Article

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