Functional reconstruction of the upper and lower lips and commissure with a forearm flap combined with a free gracilis muscle transfer

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Ueda, K ^a   Oba, S ^a   Nakai, K ^a   Okada, M ^a   Kurokawa, N ^a   Nuri, T ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Facial nerve; Gracilis muscle flap; Microsurgery; Oral commisure; Orbicularis oris muscle reconstruction; Upper lip reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CASE REPORT; CHEEK; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DONOR SITE; EATING; FOREARM SKIN FLAP; GRACILIS FLAP; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HUMAN; LIP MALFORMATION; LIP RECONSTRUCTION; LIP TUMOR; LOWER LIP RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; MOUTH CAVITY; MOUTH MUCOSA; MUSCLE FLAP; MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBICULARIS ORIS MUSCLE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; SKIN GRAFT; SPEECH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWELLING; UPPER LIP RECONSTRUCTION; VEIN;

ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; FOREARM; HUMANS; LIP; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SURGICAL FLAPS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70149107311     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2008.01.040     Document Type: Article

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