The scapular tip osseous free flap as an alternative for anterior mandibular reconstruction

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Hanasono, Matthew M ^a   Skoracki, Roman J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; LETTER; MANDIBLE; METHODOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; SCAPULA; TRANSPLANTATION;

HUMANS; MANDIBLE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SCAPULA; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 77951032912     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181d45e52     Document Type: Note

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