Gluteal thigh flap used as a fascio-cutaneous free flap

Microsurgery

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 386-390

  Monstrey, S ^a   Van Landuyt, K ^a   Blondeel, P ^a   Tonnard, P ^a   Matton, G ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; LIMB; MICROVASCULATURE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THIGH;

EID: 0031439196     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2752(1996)17:7<386::AID-MICR8>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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