The free anterolateral thigh musculocutaneous flap for head and neck reconstruction: One surgeon's experience in 92 cases

Microsurgery

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 87-95

  Bianchi, Bernardo ^a   Ferri, Andrea ^a   Ferrari, Silvano ^a   Copelli, Chiara ^a   Boni, Pietro ^a   Ferri, Teore ^a   Sesenna, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP; ANTEROLATERAL THIGH MUSCULOCUTANEOUS FLAP; ARTICLE; CHEEK; CHILD; FEMALE; GRAFT NECROSIS; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MORBIDITY; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; OROPHARYNX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN FLAP SURVIVAL; SKULL BASE; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONGUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NECK DISSECTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURVIVAL RATE; THIGH; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856395225     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20952     Document Type: Article

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