The total volar forearm musculocutaneous free flap for reconstruction of extended forequarter amputations

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 388-396

  Cordeiro, Peter G ^a   Cohen, Stephanie ^b   Burt, Michael ^c   Brennan, Murray F ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Surgery   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DONOR SITE; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FEMALE; FOREARM; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VASCULARIZATION; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; AMPUTATION STUMPS; ARM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SARCOMA; SHOULDER; SURGICAL FLAPS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0031921568     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-199804000-00012     Document Type: Article

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