Internal mammary artery and vein supercharge in tram flap breast reconstruction

Microsurgery

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 371-374

  Marck, Klaas W ^a   Van Der Biezen, Jan Jaap ^a   Dol, Johan A ^a  

^a MEDICAL CENTER LEEUWARDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MICROSURGERY; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE PERFUSION; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS;

EID: 0031439974     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2752(1996)17:7<371::AID-MICR5>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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