Anatomical features of perforator blood vessels in the deep inferior epigastric perforator flap

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 205-208

  Heitmann, C ^a   Felmerer, G ^a   Durmus, C ^a   Matejic, B ^a   Ingianni, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Deep inferior epigastric perforator flap; Perforator vessels

Indexed keywords

DYE;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINOPLASTY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CADAVER; DISSECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; STAINING; TISSUE FLAP; UMBILICUS; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0033993814     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjps.1999.3257     Document Type: Article

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