Donor site morbidity of free ulnar forearm flap

Head and Neck

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1434-1439

  Tan, Swee T ^a,b,c   James, Dylan W ^a   Moaveni, Zachary ^a  

^a HUTT HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b GILLIES MCINDOE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

donor site; free ulnar forearm flap; morbidity; reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DONOR SITE; FOLLOW UP; FOREARM; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT MOBILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PINCH STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SKIN FLAP; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; ULNA; ULNAR FOREARM FLAP;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREARM; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TRANSPLANT DONOR SITE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNA; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84861911525     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21943     Document Type: Article

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