Anterolateral thigh free flap for "head-to-toe" reconstruction

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 530-533

  Nasajpour, Hossein ^a   Steele, Matthew H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterolateral thigh; free flap; head and neck reconstruction; lower extremity reconstruction; microsurgery; reconstruction; scalp reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; INJURY; LEG; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; THIGH; TRANSPLANTATION; VASCULARIZATION; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURNS; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PATIENT SELECTION; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; THIGH; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955052889     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3182090a82     Document Type: Conference Paper

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