Hand resurfacing with the superthin latissimus dorsi perforator-based free flap

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 366-370

  Kim, Jeong Tae ^a,b   Kim, Seok Kwun ^a  

^a Dong A University   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN CONTRACTURE; BURN SCAR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHY; FEMALE; FINGER INJURY; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HAND DISEASE; HAND INJURY; HAND RECONSTRUCTION; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SKIN INCISION; THICKNESS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0037215444     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-200301000-00064     Document Type: Article

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