Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 65, Issue 2 , Pages 141-148 , February 2012

The versatility of the temporoparietal fascia flap in head and neck reconstruction

  • Ryan M. Collar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • David Zopf

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
    • ,
  • David Brown

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Michigan, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
    • ,
  • Kevin Fung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street, London, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Jennifer Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA

Received 11 November 2010 ,Accepted 11 May 2011.

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☆ Presented at the 10th International Symposium for Facial Plastic Surgery in Hollywood, Florida, May 2010.

PII: S1748-6815(11)00242-7

doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2011.05.003

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 65, Issue 2 , Pages 141-148 , February 2012

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