Microsurgical free flap in head and neck reconstruction

Head and Neck

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1236-1245

  Wong, Chin Ho ^a   Wei, Fu Chan ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

advances; cancer; head and neck; outcome; reconstruction; results; techniques

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DEXTRAN; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; DEBRIDEMENT; FIBULA GRAFT; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GLOSSECTOMY; HEAD AND NECK MALFORMATION; HUMAN; JAW MALFORMATION; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NOSE FEEDING; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL FOREARM FLAP; REVIEW; SKIN FLAP SURVIVAL; VASOSPASM; VEIN GRAFT; VEIN THROMBOSIS; WOUND INFECTION;

ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NECK DISSECTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 78349255524     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21284     Document Type: Review

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