An anatomic study of the latissimus dorsi-rib flap: An extension of the subscapular combined flap

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 811-816

  Yamamoto, Yuhei ^a   Sugihara, Tsuneki ^a   Kawashima, Kunihiro ^a   Qi, Fazhi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILIAC CREST; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; JAW MALFORMATION; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MALE; MANDIBLE RECONSTRUCTION; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB GRAFT; SCAPULA;

EID: 0029780292     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199610000-00009     Document Type: Article

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