Abdominal wall competence after free transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous flap harvest: A prospective study

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 229-234

  Suominen, Sinikka ^a   Asko Seljavaara, Sirpa ^a   Kinnunen, Jaakko ^a   Sainio, Päivi ^b   Alaranta, Hannu ^b  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Kuntoutus ORTON   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0030778931     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-199709000-00002     Document Type: Article

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