Contraction of experimental skin flaps

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 185-190

  Bayramiçli, Mehmet ^a   Yilmaz, Berkhan ^b   Numanoǧlu, Ayhan ^b  

^a Fisher Center   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENERVATION; NECROSIS; NEUROVASCULAR ISLAND FLAP; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN FLAP; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; WOUND CONTRACTION; WOUND HEALING;

ABDOMEN; ANIMALS; MALE; NECROSIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0031904251     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-199808000-00012     Document Type: Article

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