Microvascular free tissue transfer of the rectus abdominis muscle in dogs

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 32-43

  Calfee III, Earl F ^b   Lanz, Otto I ^a   Degner, Daniel A ^b   Peterson, Steven L ^b   Duncan, Robert B ^b   Broadstone, Richard V ^b   Martin, Robert A ^b   Austin, Brenda ^b  

^a VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; RECTUS;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ANASTOMOSIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DOG; EVALUATION; FEMALE; LEG; MALE; MICROSURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; TRANSPLANTATION; VASCULARIZATION;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMALS; DOGS; FEMALE; LEG; MALE; MICROSURGERY; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0036357164     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: 1532950X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jvet.2002.29455     Document Type: Article

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