Innervated island flaps in morphofunctional vulvar reconstruction

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1649-1657

  Moschella, Francesco ^a   Cordova, Adriana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESTHETICS; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FEMALE; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; ISLAND FLAP; PERINEUM; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBIC BONE; PUDENDAL NERVE; SCAR; SENSIBILITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VULVECTOMY;

EID: 0034073105     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-200004050-00008     Document Type: Article

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