Vaginal reconstruction with gracilis myocutaneous flaps

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1976, Pages 176-183

  McCraw, John B ^a   Massey, Fred M ^a   Shanklin, Kenneth D ^a   Horton, Charles E ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; MUSCLES; PELVIC EXENTERATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGERY, PLASTIC; THIGH; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; VAGINA;

EID: 0017111369     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-197608000-00006     Document Type: Article

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