Improved skin paddle survival in pectoralis major myocutaneous flap reconstruction of head and neck defects

Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 306-310

  Ramakrishnan, Vijay R ^a   Yao, William ^a   Campana, John P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAD; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NECK; NECROSIS; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; NECK; NECROSIS; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349876395     PISSN: 15212491     EISSN: 15383660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archfacial.2009.67     Document Type: Article

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