The use of the multi-island vertical rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap in head and neck reconstruction

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 403-407

  Patel, Nima P ^a   Matros, Evan ^a   Cordeiro, Peter G ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866615874     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3182400ed8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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