A prospective study of preoperative computed tomographic angiographic mapping of free fibula osteocutaneous flaps for head and neck reconstruction

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Garvey, Patrick B ^a   Chang, Edward I ^a   Selber, Jesse C ^a   Skoracki, Roman J ^a   Madewell, John E ^a   Liu, Jun ^a   Yu, Peirong ^a   Hanasono, Matthew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBULA; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION; VASCULARIZATION; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBULA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84866983749     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e318262f115     Document Type: Article

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