Muscle-splitting approach to superior and inferior gluteal vessels: Versatile source of recipient vessels for free-tissue transfer to sacral, gluteal, and ischial regions

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 81-86

  Park, Sanghoon ^a,b  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MALE; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033946749     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-200007000-00015     Document Type: Article

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