Versatility of the free anterolateral thigh flap for reconstruction of head and neck defects

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 123, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1325-1331

  Kimata, Yoshihiro ^a   Uchiyama, Kiyotaka ^a   Ebihara, Satoshi ^a   Yoshizumi, Takashi ^a   Asai, Masao ^a   Saikawa, Masahisa ^a   Hayashi, Ryuichi ^a   Jitsuiki, Yoko ^a   Majima, Kazuhiko ^b   Ohyama, Waichiro ^b   Haneda, Tatsumasa ^b   Nakatsuka, Takashi ^c   Harii, Kiyonori ^c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MALE; NECROSIS; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THIGH; TISSUE FLAP;

EID: 6844252917     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.1997.01900120075012     Document Type: Article

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