Arterial vascular anatomy of the umbilicus

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 761-764

  Stokes, Russell B ^a   Whetzel, Thomas P ^a   Sommerhaug, Eiler ^a   Saunders, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL CIRCULATION; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; CADAVER; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; HUMAN; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SURGICAL ANATOMY; UMBILICUS;

EID: 0031662357     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199809010-00021     Document Type: Article

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