Reconstruction of an extensive scalp defect using the split latissimus dorsi flap in combination with the serratus anterior musculo-osseous flap

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 250-254

  Tanaka, Yoshio ^a   Miki, Kazuhito ^b   Tajima, Sadao ^a   Akamatsu, Jun ^a   Tsukazaki, Yuji ^b   Inomoto, Takaaki ^b  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b Shingu Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032054092     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjps.1997.0030     Document Type: Article

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