Open AccessSUBMENTAL VERSUS PLATYSMA FLAP FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF COMPLEX FACIAL DEFECTS FOLLOWING RESECTION OF HEAD AND NECK TUMORS
Author(s) -
Jawad Safdar,
Fa Yu Liu,
Yousuf Moosa,
Zhongfei Xu,
Zhen Ning Li,
Chang Sun
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
pakistan journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1682-024X
pISSN - 1681-715X
DOI - 10.12669/pjms.304.5177
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , head and neck , dissection (medical) , neck dissection , resection , reduction (mathematics) , carcinoma , geometry , mathematics
To compare the platysma flap with submental flap in terms of tumor and flap characteristics, operative properties and the functional outcomes.