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Porcine As a Training Module for Head and Neck Microvascular Reconstruction
Published on: September 29, 2018
Internal thoracic vessels as recipient vessels for free flap reconstruction in head and neck surgery
1Department of Hand and Plastic Surgery, Kantonsspital Luzern, Spitalstrasse, 6004 Luzern (CH), Switzerland. vurban@bluewin.ch
Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery : JPRAS
|November 23, 2006
Abstract:
In rare cases the usage of the internal thoracic vessels as recipient vessels in reconstructive surgery of the head and neck region with free tissue transfer is a challenging but valid alternative if local recipient vessels are unusable.
