Review of the radial free flap: is it still evolving, or is it facing extinction? Part one: soft-tissue radial flap

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 245-252

  Avery, C M E ^a  

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

Author keywords

Donor site; Fasciocutaneous; Morbidity; Negative pressure wound dressing; Radial flap; Septocutaneous; Skin graft

Indexed keywords

ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP; ARTICLE; DONOR SITE; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PERFORATOR FLAP; RADIAL ARTERY; RADIAL FOREARM FLAP; SKIN ALLOGRAFT; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING; Z PLASTY;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FASCIA; FOREARM; HUMANS; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 77952108237     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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