Reconstruction of an extensive thigh defect with the paraumbilical TRAM flap

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 91-96

  Senchenkov, Alex ^a   Thomford, Neil R ^a   Barone, Frank E ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^b Reconstr and Aesthetic Surgeons   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; DERMATOFIBROMA; EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; HUMAN; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SKIN DEFECT; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; THIGH; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

EID: 0037667363     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SAP.0000041477.11118.21     Document Type: Article

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