Use of 20 cm or longer interposition vein grafts in free flap reconstruction of the trunk

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1262-1267

  Karanas, Yvonne L ^b   Yim, Kenneth K ^b   Johannet, Peter ^b   Hui, Kenneth ^b   Lineaweaver, William C ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SURGICAL WOUND; THROMBECTOMY; VEIN GRAFT;

EID: 0031924795     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199804010-00015     Document Type: Article

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