Tracheal reconstruction with a prefabricated and double-folded radial forearm free flap

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 790-794

  Fujiwara, Takashi ^a   Nishino, Kenichi ^a   Numajiri, Toshiaki ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Costal cartilage; Microsurgery; Prefabricated flap; Radial forearm free flap; Tracheal defect; Tracheal reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPOSITE GRAFT; CONVALESCENCE; EMPHYSEMA; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EXTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; MICROSURGERY; NECK DISSECTION; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL FOREARM FLAP; RIB CARTILAGE; SKIN FISTULA; SKIN FLAP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; TRACHEA RECONSTRUCTION; TRACHEA RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

CARTILAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL FLAPS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACHEA;

EID: 65649100181     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.09.055     Document Type: Article

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