Reconstruction of pelvic exenterative wounds with transpelvic rectus abdominis flaps: A case series

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 115-123

  Jain, Ashish K ^a   Defranzo, Anthony J ^b   Marks, Malcolm W ^b   Loggie, Brian W ^b   Lentz, Samuel ^b  

^a Kentucky   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PELVIS EXENTERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0031059791     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-199702000-00004     Document Type: Article

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