Reconstruction of the high-risk chest wall with endoscopically assisted latissimus dorsi harvest and expander placement

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 250-258

  Ramakrishnan, V ^a   Southern, S J ^b   Tzafetta, R ^a  

^a Kingston General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX WALL RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0034091653     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-200044030-00002     Document Type: Article

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