Vaginal reconstruction with the femoral veno-neuroaccompanying artery fasciocutaneous flap

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 547-553

  Nakajima, Hideo ^a   Imanishi, Nobuaki ^a   Fukuzumi, Satoshi ^b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIZUOKA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Thigh flap; Vaginal reconstruction

Indexed keywords

GELATIN; LEAD OXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; SKIN NERVE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0032698007     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjps.1999.3164     Document Type: Article

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