Free flap scalp reconstruction in a 91-year-old patient under local-regional anesthesia: Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 189-193

  Carey, Joseph Nicholas ^a   Watt, Andrew J ^a   Ho, Oscar ^a   Zeidler, Kamakshi ^a   Lee, Gordon Kwanlyp ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

latissimus dorsi; local anesthesia; paravertebral block; scalp reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

AGED; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; KERATOACANTHOMA; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; SCALP; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESTHETICS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCALP; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84859104879     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: 10988947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1301070     Document Type: Review

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