Pregnancy as an autologous tissue expander for closure of an abdominal-wall defect

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 64-65

  Riordan, Colin L ^a   Budny, Peter G ^b   Regan, Padraic J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

^b STOKE MANDEVILLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal wall; Pregnancy; Tissue expansion

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ABDOMINOPLASTY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DESMOID TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN GRAFT; TISSUE EXPANSION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUMOR VOLUME; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WOUND CLOSURE;

EID: 0037613365     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0007-1226(02)00477-0     Document Type: Article

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