Reconstruction of scalp defects with the radial forearm free flap

Head and Neck Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Sweeny, Larissa ^a   Eby, Brendan ^a   Magnuson, J Scott ^a   Carroll, William R ^a   Rosenthal, Eben L ^a,b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b BDB   (United States)

Author keywords

Calvarium; Cancer; Free flap; Reconstruction; Scalp defect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRANIOPLASTY; DEBRIDEMENT; DONOR SITE; FEMALE; FISTULA; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL FOREARM FREE FLAP; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCALP TUMOR; SCAPULAR FLAP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; FOREARM; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCALP; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 84860821387     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17583284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1758-3284-4-21     Document Type: Review

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