Arterial supply of the gracilis muscle and its relevance for the dynamic graciloplasty

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 159-163

  Traxler, H ^a   Windisch, A ^a   Surd, R ^a   Rosen, H ^b   Schiessel, R ^b   Firbas, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Arterial supply; Dynamic graciloplasty; Gracilis muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CADAVER; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TRANSPOSITION; NERVOUS TISSUE; OBTURATOR NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE PRESERVATION; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; ANAL CANAL; ARTERIES; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PELVIS;

EID: 0032962407     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2353(1999)12:3<159::AID-CA3>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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