Sensate osteocutaneous fibula flap: Anatomic study of the innervation pattern of the skin flap

Head and Neck

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 310-314

  Woerdeman, Leonie A E ^a   Chaplin, Bryan J ^a   Griffioen, Francisca M M ^a   Bos, Kurt E ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Fibula flap; Osteocutaneous; Reinnervation; Sensate

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; EPITHELIZATION; FIBULA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; NERVE FUNCTION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINNERVATION; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN FLAP; SURAL NERVE;

CADAVER; HUMANS; LEG; SKIN; SURAL NERVE; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0031894031     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0347(199807)20:4<310::AID-HED5>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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