Both superficial and deep extremity veins can be used successfully as the recipient site for free flaps

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 633-636

  Hallock, Geoffrey G ^a,b  

^a LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARTICLE; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; LEG VEIN; MICROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE FLAP; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS;

EID: 0034118503     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-200044060-00009     Document Type: Article

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