An anatomic study of the internal mammary veins: Clinical implications for free-tissue-transfer breast reconstruction

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 400-407

  Clark III, Clifford P ^a   Rohrich, Rod J ^a   Copit, Steven ^a   Pittman, C Edwin ^a   Robinson, Jack ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS; VEIN DIAMETER;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; SURGICAL FLAPS; VEINS;

EID: 0031013684     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199702000-00014     Document Type: Article

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