Intracranial application of free fasciocutaneous flaps in a novel sandwich technique for skull base reconstruction

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 931-937

  Largo, R D ^a   Schaefer, D J ^a   Krueger, J ^a   Harschnitz, O ^a   Zimmerer, S ^a   Jaquiery C ^a   Haug, M D ^a   Mariani, L ^a   Kunz, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

fasciocutaneous flaps; intracranial; osteo dermal sutures; sandwich technique; skull base

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BRAIN HERNIA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOPLASTY; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; FRONTAL SINUS; HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; MENINGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKULL BASE; SKULL DEFECT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THIGH; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SKULL BASE; SUBDURAL EFFUSION; SURGERY, ORAL; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052271190     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: 13990020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2011.05.013     Document Type: Article

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