## Background: Pedicled myocutaneous flaps remain important tools in head and neck reconstruction. evaluation of their complications are necessary to judge their merits. ## Methods: From 1985 to 1995, 44 patients underwent a myocutaneous platysma flap reconstruction of the oral cavity or orophary
Reconstruction of the lower lip with the myocutaneous platysma flap
โ Scribed by C. Harpf; C. Papp; H. Maurer; J. Thurner
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 460 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1435-0130
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