Extensor digitorum brevis free flap: Anatomic study and further clinical applications

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1347-1356

  Del Piñal, Francisco ^a,b   Herrero, Francisco ^a  

^a Hospital Mutua Montañesa   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0034023772     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-200004000-00013     Document Type: Article

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