Tissue Transfer, Rectus Abdominis: Multimedia

References

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2. Lyos AT, Evans GR, Perez D, Schusterman MA. Tongue reconstruction: outcomes with the rectus abdominis flap. Plast Reconstr Surg. Feb 1999;103(2):442-7; discussion 448-9. [Medline].

3. Yamamoto Y, Sugihara T, Furuta Y, Fukuda S. Functional reconstruction of the tongue and deglutition muscles following extensive resection of tongue cancer. Plast Reconstr Surg. Sep 1998;102(4):993-8; discussion 999-1000. [Medline].

4. Foster RD, Anthony JP, Singer MI, Kaplan MJ, Pogrel MA, Mathes SJ. Reconstruction of complex midfacial defects. Plast Reconstr Surg. May 1997;99(6):1555-65. [Medline].

5. Serletti JM, Moran SL. Free versus the pedicled TRAM flap: a cost comparison and outcome analysis. Plast Reconstr Surg. Nov 1997;100(6):1418-24; discussion 1425-7. [Medline].

6. Urken ML, Cheney ML, Sullivan MJ. Rectus abdominis free flap. In: Atlas of Regional and Free Flaps for Head and Neck Reconstruction. New York, NY: Raven Press; 1995.

7. Yap LH, Whiten SC, Forster A, Stevenson HJ. Sensory recovery in the sensate free transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap. Plast Reconstr Surg. Apr 15 2005;115(5):1280-8. [Medline].

Further Reading

Keywords

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Mark K Wax, MD, Professor and Program Director, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Oregon Health Sciences University; Service Chief, Department of Surgery, Section of Otolaryngology, Veterans Affairs Medical Center
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