Bimodal distribution of the blood supply to lower abdominal fat: Histological study of the microcirculation of the lower abdominal wall

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 165-170

  El Mrakby, H H ^a,b   Milner, R H ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; FAT NECROSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROCIRCULATION; MUSCLE FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TRANSVERSE RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE FLAP; VASCULARIZATION;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADIPOSE TISSUE; FAT NECROSIS; HUMANS; MICROCIRCULATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SKIN; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0037314596     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SAP.0000032305.93832.9B     Document Type: Article

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