Reconstruction of soft-tissue defects of the head and neck: Radial forearm flap or anterolateral thigh flap?

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 268, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1809-1812

  Liu, Wei Wei ^a   Li, Hao ^a   Guo, Zhu Ming ^a   Zhang, Quan ^a   Yang, An Kui ^a   Liu, Xue Kui ^a   Song, Ming ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Anterolateral thigh flap; Free flap; Head and neck neoplasms; Radial forearm flap

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP; ARTICLE; DONOR SITE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHARYNX DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIAL FOREARM FLAP; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SURVIVAL RATE; TONGUE DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEAKNESS;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREARM; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 83655202570     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: 14344726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-011-1548-4     Document Type: Article

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