The Keystone Design Perforator Island Flap in reconstructive surgery

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 112-120

  Behan, Felix C ^a,b  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aesthetic results; Keystone Design Perforator Island Flaps; Melanoma; Pain

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; ISLAND FLAP; KEYSTONE DESIGN PERFORATOR ISLAND FLAP; LENGTH OF STAY; MELANOMA; MOBILIZATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PLASTIC SURGERY; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

HUMANS; MELANOMA; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0037366478     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-2197.2003.02638.x     Document Type: Article

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