Deep inferior epigastric artery (DIEA) skin flap: Clinical experience of 15 cases

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-31

  Kostakoglu N ^a,b   Kecik A ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Hacettepe University Medical School ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; LEG INJURY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN FLAP; SKIN NECROSIS; TISSUE EXPANSION; UMBILICUS; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0031982909     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjps.1997.0053     Document Type: Article

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