The expanding role of the anterolateral thigh free flap in head and neck reconstruction

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 263-268

  Park, Chan W ^a   Miles, Brett A ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

anterolateral thigh flap; free flap reconstruction; free tissue transfer; head and neck reconstruction; microvascular

Indexed keywords

ADIPOFASCIAL FLAP; ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FREE FLAP; BONE GRAFT; CHIMERIC FLAP; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; LARYNGOPHARYNGEAL RECONSTRUCTION; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; NECK DISSECTION; ORAL SURGERY; PAROTIDECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKULL SURGERY;

BONE TRANSPLANTATION; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; THIGH; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 80051774768     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: 15316998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e328347f845     Document Type: Review

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