Microsurgical free flap reconstructions of head and neck region in 406 cases: A 13-year experience

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 628-635

  Gerressen, Marcus ^a   Pastaschek, Claudia Inge ^b   Riediger, Dieter ^a   Hilgers, Ralf Dieter ^a   Hölzle, Frank ^a   Noroozi, Nelson ^a   Ghassemi, Alireza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b Dental Practice Dres Beckers and Dohmen   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMELOBLASTOMA; ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BONE GRAFT; BONE RESECTION; FACE ASYMMETRY; FEMALE; FIBULA GRAFT; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; ILIAC CREST; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; JEJUNUM; LATERAL ARM FLAP; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBLE RECONSTRUCTION; MAXILLA; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; MELANOMA; MICROSURGERY; MOUTH; OSTEOCUTANEOUS FLAP; OSTEOMYELITIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PLASTIC SURGERY; RADIAL FOREARM FLAP; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAPULAR FLAP; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONGUE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RADIUS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874111535     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: 15315053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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