Gracilis muscle: Arterial and neural basis for subdivision

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 630-633

  Morris, Steven F ^a   Yang, Daping ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; MUSCLE FLAP; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANGIOGRAPHY; CADAVER; HUMANS; MUSCLES; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH;

EID: 0033029319     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-199906000-00008     Document Type: Article

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