Abdominal wall reconstruction with an expanded rectus femoris flap

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 183-186

  Matthews, Martha S ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MORBID OBESITY; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; TISSUE EXPANSION; TISSUE FLAP;

EID: 0033023845     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199907000-00027     Document Type: Article

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