Reconstruction of massive oncologic defects using free fillet flaps

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 913-922

  Ver Halen, Jon P ^a   Yu, Peirong ^a   Skoracki, Roman J ^a   Chang, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE TUMOR; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOMA, MALIGNANT FIBROUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 77749328116     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181cb6548     Document Type: Article

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