The microvenous valvular anatomy of the human dorsal thoracic fascia

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 78-86

  Aharinejad, Seyedhossein ^a,b,e   Dünn, Raymond M ^a   Fudern, Gary M ^a,b   Vernadakis, Adam ^b,c   Bock, Peter ^c,d   Firbas, Wilhelm ^d,e   Marks Jr , Sandy C ^b  

^a University of Massachusetts Medical Center ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c University of Vienna

^d UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; FASCIA; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAPULA; SKIN DEFECT; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VEIN DIAMETER; VEIN VALVE; VENOUS STASIS;

FASCIA; HUMANS; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; SURGICAL FLAPS; THORAX; VEINS;

EID: 0031015196     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199701000-00011     Document Type: Article

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