Reconstruction of a large thoracoabdominal wall defect with a flow- through forearm flap and a latissimus dorsi-groin flap

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1240-1244

  Chiang, Yuan Cheng ^a   Chen, Feng Chi ^a   Hsieh, Ming Jang ^a   Wei, Fu Chan ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA PROTUBERANS; FOREARM; HUMAN; INGUINAL FLAP; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MALE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX WALL DEFECT; THORAX WALL RECONSTRUCTION;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL FLAPS; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0030830176     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199710000-00025     Document Type: Article

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