Physiologic superiority of the anatomic dominant pedicle of the tram flap in a rat model

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 111-118

  Hallock, Geoffrey G ^a   Rice, David C ^a  

^a 1230 South Cedar Crest Boulevard ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DISSECTION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

ANIMAL; GRAFT SURVIVAL; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0029001879     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199507000-00017     Document Type: Article

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