Reconstruction of large head and neck deformities: Experience with free gracilis muscle and myocutaneous flaps

Microsurgery

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 192-198

  Del Frari, Barbara ^a   Schoeller, Thomas ^a   Wechselberger, Gottfried ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRACILIS FLAP; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HEAD AND NECK MALFORMATION; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HEMANGIOMA; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN GRAFT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL FLAPS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950415989     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20721     Document Type: Article

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