Conventional versus endoscopic free gracilis muscle harvest

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 89-93

  Lin, Chih Hung ^a   Wei, Fu Chan ^a   Lin, Yu Te ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MALE; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE GRAFT; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INCISION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0033977141     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-200001000-00015     Document Type: Article

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