The rectus abdominis free flap as an emergency procedure in extensive upper extremity soft-tissue defects

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1421-1427

  Horch, Raymund E ^a   Stark, G Bjoern ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DONOR SITE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; REVASCULARIZATION; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULNAR ARTERY;

EID: 0033062747     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199904020-00010     Document Type: Article

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