Three cases are presented demonstrating the use of a pedicled myocutaneous flap of latissimus dorsi muscle to reconstruct large defects of the anterior and middle skull after ablative surgery for carcinoma. This method is proposed as an alternative to reconstruction with a free myocutaneous flap in
Latissimus dorsi free flap reconstruction of anterior skull base defects
✍ Scribed by Angélique Girod; Herve Boissonnet; Thomas Jouffroy; José Rodriguez
- Book ID
- 119291568
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 401 KB
- Volume
- 40
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1010-5182
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