Changes in donor site selection in lower limb free flap reconstructions

Microsurgery

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 380-385

  Boeckx, W ^a   Van Den Hof, B ^a   Van Holder, C ^a   Blondeel, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; DONOR; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; INGUINAL FLAP; LEG; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSURGERY; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031466368     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2752(1996)17:7<380::AID-MICR7>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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