Review of the radial free flap: still evolving or facing extinction? Part two: osteocutaneous radial free flap

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 253-260

  Avery, C M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Donor site; Free flap; Morbidity; Osteocutaneous; Plate; Prophylactic bone plating; Radius

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; BONE BOWING; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CAST APPLICATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DONOR SITE; FRACTURE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; OSTEOCUTANEOUS FLAP; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OSTEOTOMY; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PLATE FIXATION; RADIUS FRACTURE; SPLINT; TORSION;

BONE PLATES; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; FACIAL BONES; FOREARM; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIUS FRACTURES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 77952105150     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2009.09.017     Document Type: Article

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