Anterior cranial base reconstruction with a reverse temporalis muscle flap and calvarial bone graft

Archives of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 345-351

  Kwon, Seung Gee ^a   Kim, Yong Oock ^a   Rah, Dong Kyun ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bone transplantation; Skull base; Surgical flaps

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CALVARIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOPLASTY; DEFORMITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPERATION DURATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPORALIS MUSCLE;

EID: 84864499417     PISSN: 22346163     EISSN: 22346171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5999/aps.2012.39.4.345     Document Type: Article

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