The inferior gluteal flap in the difficult vulvar and perineal reconstruction

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 429-434

  Loree, Thom R ^a   Hempling, Ronald E ^a   Eltabbakh, Gamal H ^a   Recio, Fernando O ^a   Piver, M Steven ^a  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FISTULA; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCLE FLAP; OPERATION DURATION; PAGET SKIN DISEASE; PELVIS EXENTERATION; PERINEUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION; VULVA CANCER; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 0031240074     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1997.4790     Document Type: Article

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