A new extended external oblique musculocutaneous flap for reconstruction of large chest-wall defects

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1378-1385

  Moschella, Francesco ^a   Cordova, Adriana ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DONOR SITE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; NEUROFIBROMA; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DERMATITIS; SKIN NECROSIS; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX WALL DEFECT; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0033066262     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199904020-00006     Document Type: Article

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