Anatomic study of the distally based vastus lateralis muscle flap

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 101-103

  Wang, Yunting ^a   Bègue, Thierry ^a   Masquelet, Alain Charles ^b  

^a CHINA JAPAN FRIENDSHIP HOSPITAL   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; CADAVER; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCLE FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH;

EID: 0032907547     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199901000-00017     Document Type: Article

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