Free fibula osteocutaneous flap for primary reconstruction of T 3-T4 gingival carcinoma

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 301-305

  He, Yue ^a   Zhang, Zhi Yuan ^a,c   Zhu, Han Guang ^a   Sader, Robert ^b   He, Jie ^a   Kovacs, Adorjan F ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c NONE   (China)

Author keywords

Fibula osteocutaneous flap; Gingival; Mandible; Primary reconstruction; Segmental mandibulectomy; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER STAGING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FIBULA; FOLLOW UP; GINGIVA TUMOR; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MANDIBLE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; OSTEOTOMY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TRANSPLANTATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VASCULARIZATION; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; GINGIVAL NEOPLASMS; PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

ADULT; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FIBULA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GINGIVAL NEOPLASMS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MANDIBLE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; OSTEOTOMY; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 77952866046     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e3181cf5f1b     Document Type: Article

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