Autonomous reparative unit (ARU): A new concept of repairing free flap donor site with local full-thickness skin graft;Unità Riparativa Autonoma (ARU): Nuovi concetti di riparazione del sito donatore di lembi liberi con innesto a tutto spessore da cute adiacente

Acta Otorhinolaryngologica Italica

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-46

  Squadrelli Saraceno, M ^c   Compan, A ^a   Bimbi, G ^c   Gatto, L ^b   Riccio, S ^c   Colombo, S ^c  

^a Hospital Regional de Concepcion Dr Guillermo Grant Benavente   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autonomous reparative unit (ARU); Donor site closure; Donor site morbidity; Fibula free flap; Radial forearm free flap

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOUTH TUMOR; OROPHARYNX TUMOR; PLASTIC SURGERY; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 77953145203     PISSN: 0392100X     EISSN: 1827675X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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