Perforator flaps: Evolution, classification, and applications

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 90-99

  Geddes, Christopher R ^a   Morris, Steven F ^a   Neligan, Peter C ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; NOMENCLATURE; PERFORATOR FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN; SURGICAL FLAPS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0037224324     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-200301000-00016     Document Type: Review

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