The anterolateral thigh free flap for skull base reconstruction

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 855-860

  Hanasono, Matthew M ^a   Sacks, Justin M ^a   Goel, Neha ^a   Ayad, Martina ^a   Skoracki, Roman J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FREE FLAP; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOPLASTY; DONOR SITE; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE GRAFT; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SKULL DEFECT; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65649098059     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2009.02.025     Document Type: Article

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