Does ischemia time affect the outcome of free fibula flaps for head and neck reconstruction? A review of 116 cases

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1988-1995

  Chang, Shu Ying ^a   Huang, Jung Ju ^a   Tsao, Chung Kan ^a   Nguyen, Anh ^a   Mittakanti, Krithi ^a   Lin, Chia Yu ^a   Cheng, Ming Huei ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CARCINOMA; CHILD; EAR NOSE THROAT DISEASE; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; METHODOLOGY; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TRANSPLANTATION; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHILD; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC DISEASES; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; WARM ISCHEMIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650047428     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181f448c8     Document Type: Article

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