Clinical scrutiny of the de facto superiority of proximally versus distally based fasciocutaneous flaps

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1428-1433

  Hallock, Geoffrey G ^a  

^a LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FLAP; SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CLOSURE;

EID: 0030697249     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199711000-00008     Document Type: Article

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