The radix nasi island flap: A versatile musculocutaneous flap for defects of the eyelids, nose, and malar region

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 516-521

  Seyhan, Tamer ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dorsal nasal artery; Island flap; Nasal skin flap

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DONOR SITE; EYELID DISEASE; FACE MALFORMATION; FACE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISLAND FLAP; MALE; MORBIDITY; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; NOSE MALFORMATION; NOSE RECONSTRUCTION; OPHTHALMIC ARTERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIX NASI ISLAND FLAP; SKIN COLOR; SKIN FLAP; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CHEEK; EYELID NEOPLASMS; EYELIDS; FACIAL MUSCLES; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE; NOSE NEOPLASMS; OPHTHALMIC ARTERY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 68249104818     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e3180f611c8     Document Type: Article

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