Use of synthetic mesh for the entire abdominal wall after TRAM flap transfer

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 706-712

  Moscona, Rony A ^a   Ramon, Yitzchak ^a   Toledano, Haim ^a   Barzilay, Geva ^a  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; STRENGTH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; AGED; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; ESTHETICS; FASCIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENES; POLYPROPYLENES; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL MESH; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0031940208     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199803000-00018     Document Type: Article

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