The fallacy of presumed superiority of proximally based versus distally based flaps

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 1372-1377

  Hallock, Geoffrey G ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMAL; EPIGASTRIC ARTERIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0028850617     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199511000-00021     Document Type: Article

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