Secondary maxillofacial reconstruction with the radial forearm free flap: A standard operating procedure for the venous microanastomoses

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1980-1987

  Rohleder, Nils H ^a   Wolff, Klaus D ^a   Hölzle, Frank ^a   Wagenpfeil, Stefan ^b   Wales, Craig J ^c   Hasler, Rafael J ^a   Kesting, Marco R ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; MEDICAL HISTORY; RADIAL FOREARM FREE FLAP; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN FLAP; STANDARD; SURGICAL MORTALITY; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREARM; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VEINS;

EID: 80051550868     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-011-1555-0     Document Type: Article

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