Comparison of the medial sural artery perforator flap with the radial forearm flap for head and neck reconstructions

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1125-1132

  Kao, Huang Kai ^a   Chang, Kai Ping ^a   Wei, Fu Chan ^a   Cheng, Ming Huei ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR SITE; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAL SURAL ARTERY PERFORATOR FLAP; MORBIDITY; PERFORATOR FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL FOREARM FLAP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOREARM; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 70349826684     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181b457cf     Document Type: Article

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