Clinical experience and indications of the free serratus fascia flap: A report of 21 cases

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1939-1946

  Schwabegger, Anton H ^a,b   Hussl, Heribert ^a   Rainer, Christian ^a   Anderl, Hans ^a   Ninković, Milomir M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b Wiederherstellungschirurgie   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD SENSITIVITY; DONOR SITE; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FEMALE; FINGER INJURY; FOOT INJURY; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE NECROSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0031742126     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199811000-00020     Document Type: Article

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