Forehead reconstruction with microvascular flaps: Utility of aesthetic subunits

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 319-326

  Muresan, Claude ^a   Hui Chou, Helen G ^b,c   Dorafshar, Amir H ^b,c   Manson, Paul N ^b,c   Rodriguez, Eduardo D ^b,c  

^a UNION MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c R ADAMS COWLEY SHOCK TRAUMA CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

central; forehead aesthetic subunit; forehead microvascular flap; lateral forehead subunits; paramedian

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESTHETICS; FACE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; FOREHEAD FLAP; FOREHEAD MICROVASCULAR FLAP RECONSTRUCTION; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; LARGE FOREHEAD DEFECT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 84862533785     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: 10988947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1311690     Document Type: Article

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