Combined Local Triangular Full-Thickness Skin Graft for the Closure of the Radial Forearm Free Flap Donor Site: A New Technique

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1562-1567

  González García, Raúl ^a   Ruiz Laza, Luis ^a   Manzano, Damián ^a   Moreno, Carlos ^a   Maestre, Oscar ^a   Serrano, Herminia ^a   Villanueva, Laura ^a   Monje, Florencio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL INFANTA CRISTINA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; DONOR SITE; ESTHETICS; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; GEOMETRY; GRAFT NECROSIS; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; ISCHEMIA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOUTH CARCINOMA; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIAL FOREARM FLAP; SCAR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

FOREARM; HUMANS; MANDIBULAR NEOPLASMS; RADIUS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 67049119371     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2009.03.010     Document Type: Article

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