Dermal autografts for fascial repair after TRAM flap harvest

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2287-2292

  Hein, Katherine D ^a   Morris, Donald J ^a   Goldwyn, Robert M ^a   Kolker, Adam ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FASCIA DISEASE; FEMALE; HERNIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SKIN AUTOGRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD;

ADULT; AGED; FASCIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0032424406     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199812000-00001     Document Type: Article

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