Tongue reconstruction with the gracilis myocutaneous free flap

Microsurgery

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 355-359

  Calabrese, Luca ^a   Saito, Akira ^b   Navach, Valeria ^a   Bruschini, Roberto ^a   Saito, Noriko ^b   Zurlo, Valeria ^a   Ostuni, Angelo ^a   Garusi, Cristina ^a  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ADVANCED SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GLOSSECTOMY; GRACILIS FLAP; HUMAN; MALE; ORAL SURGERY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINNERVATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONGUE; TONGUE RECONSTRUCTION; TRANSVERSE GRACILIS MYOCUTANEOUS FREE FLAP;

ADULT; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; GLOSSECTOMY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TONGUE NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960199926     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20885     Document Type: Article

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