Abdominal wall function after rectus abdominis transfer

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 1991, Pages 1054-1068

  Lejour, Madeleine ^a   Dome, M ^a  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE TRANSPOSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; SURGERY, PLASTIC; SURGICAL MESH; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0025801534     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199106000-00007     Document Type: Article

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