title: Oral-cavity hair growth after free-flap transfer: case report.
abstract: It sometimes happens that hair will grow well after a free-flap transfer. But this is a report of an experience of excessive hair growth after reconstruction of a middle pharyngeal defect, using a free, vascularized, radial, forearm flap. This is a relatively rare occurrence.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005542:Forearm; D006197:Hair / Q000254:growth & development*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010610:Pharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013524:Surgical Flaps