The fibula osteoseptocutaneous flap incorporating the hemisoleus muscle for complex head and neck defects: Anatomical study and clinical applications

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1956-1964

  Wong, Chin Ho ^a   Ong, Yee Siang ^a   Chew, Khong Yik ^a   Tan, Bien Keem ^a   Song, Colin ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE; CADAVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; PATHOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; BONE AND BONES; CADAVER; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NECK DISSECTION; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 74049146308     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181bf83b0     Document Type: Article

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