Functional reconstruction of near total glossectomy defects using composite gastro omental-dynamic gracilis flaps

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1277-1280

  Sharma, M ^a   Iyer, S ^a   Kuriakose, M A ^a   Vijayaraghavan, S ^a   Arun, P ^a   Sudhir, V R ^a   Chatni, S S ^a   Sharan, R ^a  

^a AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Double free flaps; Dynamic muscle transfer; Microvascular reconstruction; Near total glossectomy; Tongue reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPOSITE GRAFT; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GLOSSECTOMY; GRACILIS FLAP; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; OMENTUM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECRETION; SPEECH; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STOMACH; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONGUE CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; GLOSSECTOMY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OMENTUM; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SALIVA; STOMACH; SURGICAL FLAPS; TONGUE; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70149099182     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.10.092     Document Type: Article

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