The dorsal scapular island flap: An alternative for head, neck, and chest reconstruction

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-78

  Angrigiani, Claudio ^a,b,c   Grilli, Daniel ^b,c   Karanas, Yvonne L ^b,c   Longaker, Michael T ^b,c   Sharma, Sheel ^b,c  

^a Inst of Reconstr Plastic Surgery ^*  (Argentina)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BURN SCAR; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; ISLAND FLAP; MALE; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAPULA; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX SURGERY; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0037216743     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-200301000-00010     Document Type: Article

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