The lower trapezius musculocutaneous flap revisited: Versatile coverage for complicated wounds to the posterior cervical and occipital regions based on the deep branch of the transverse cervical artery

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 444-450

  Lynch, Joseph R ^a   Hansen, Juliana E ^a   Chaffoo, Richard ^a   Seyfer, Alan E ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; OCCIPITAL BONE; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKULL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

EID: 0036162902     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-200202000-00005     Document Type: Article

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