A new angle to mandibular reconstruction: The scapular tip free flap

Head and Neck

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 980-986

  Yoo, John ^a   Dowthwaite, Samuel A ^a   Fung, Kevin ^a   Franklin, Jason ^a   Nichols, Anthony ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

free flap; mandible; reconstruction; scapular tip

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DONOR SITE; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; JAW MALFORMATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; MANDIBLE OSTEOTOMY; MANDIBLE RECONSTRUCTION; NECK HEMATOMA; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OSTEOSARCOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALVAGE THERAPY; SARCOMA; SCAPULAR TIP FREE FLAP; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL APPROACH; VASCULAR PEDICLE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBULAR RECONSTRUCTION; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCAPULA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879412244     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.23065     Document Type: Article

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