Flow-through thin latissimus dorsi perforator flap for repair of soft- tissue defects in the legs

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1483-1490

  Koshima, Isao ^a   Saisho, Hiroshi ^b   Kawada, Shinsaku ^b   Hamanaka, Takaomi ^b   Umeda, Naoto ^b   Moriguchi, Takahiko ^b  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE DISEASE; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; LEG; LEG ULCER; LYMPHANGIOMA; MALE; NEUROFIBROMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN NECROSIS; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0032993940     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199904020-00021     Document Type: Article

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