Scalp reconstruction an algorithmic approach and systematic review

JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 56-66

  Desai, Shaun C ^a   Sand, Jordan P ^a   Sharon, Jeffrey D ^a   Branham, Gregory ^a   Nussenbaum, Brian ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INJURIES; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROCEDURES; SCALP; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE EXPANDER; TISSUE EXPANSION; TRANSPLANTATION; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; VASCULARIZATION; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ALGORITHMS; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SCALP; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE EXPANSION; TISSUE EXPANSION DEVICES; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84921325799     PISSN: 21686076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamafacial.2014.889     Document Type: Article

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