A prospective study of changes in muscle dimensions following free-muscle transfer measured by ultrasound and CT scanning

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1443-1450

  Salmi, Asko ^a,b,c   Tukiainen, Erkki ^a,b   Härmä, Markku ^a,b   Asko Seljavaara, Sirpa ^a,b  

^a Helsinki University Central Hospital ^*

^b Toolo Hospital   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EDEMA; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029929932     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199606000-00021     Document Type: Article

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