The free scapular/parascapular flap as a reliable method of reconstruction in the head and neck region: A retrospective analysis of 130 reconstructions performed over a period of 5 years in a single Department

Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 536-543

  Mitsimponas, Konstantinos T ^a   Iliopoulos, Christos ^a   Stockmann, Philipp ^a   Bumiller, Lars ^a   Nkenke, Emeka ^a   Neukam, Friedrich W ^a   Schlegel, Karl Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Head; Microvascular; Neck; Reconstruction; Scapula

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMELOBLASTOMA; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; BONE RESECTION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHEEK MUCOSA; CHILD; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DONOR SITE; EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; FACE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; GRAFT FAILURE; HEAD AND NECK RECONSTRUCTION; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HEART INFARCTION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSIVE CRISIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE CANCER; MYXOMA; OROPHARYNX CANCER; OSTEOMYELITIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PARASCAPULAR FLAP; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUPERFICIAL TEMPORAL ARTERY; TONGUE CANCER; TOOTH IMPLANT; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT; ANASTOMOSIS; AUTOGRAFT; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAD; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; ORGAN DONOR; OSTEORADIONECROSIS; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; AUTOGRAFTS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHILD; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAD; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; OSTEORADIONECROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TRANSPLANT DONOR SITE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902214658     PISSN: 10105182     EISSN: 18784119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2013.07.023     Document Type: Article

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