The scapular free flap: When versatility is needed in head and neck reconstruction

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 572-578

  Moukarbel, Roger V ^a   White, Julian B ^a   Fung, Kevin ^a   Franklin, Jason H ^a   Yoo, John H ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS DEHISCENCE; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; JAW MALFORMATION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE RECONSTRUCTION; MORTALITY; NECK TUMOR; OSTEOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAPULAR FLAP; SHOULDER DYSTOCIA; SKULL BASE FRACTURE; SURGICAL INFECTION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TOOTH FISTULA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; FASCIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCAPULA; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957200083     PISSN: 19160216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7070.2010.090230     Document Type: Article

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