Delaying the skin for TRAM flaps

Current Surgery

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 480-483

  Lambert, David M ^a,b   Rigano, William C ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast; Delay; Flap; Reconstruction; TRAM

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008724847     PISSN: 01497944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7944(00)00323-8     Document Type: Article

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