Soft-tissue reconstruction using a free anterolateral thigh flap: Experience with 28 patients

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-44

  Yildirim, Serkan ^a   Avci, Gülden ^a   Aköz, Tayfun ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DONOR SITE; FEMALE; FOREARM; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; THIGH; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0038449058     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SAP.0000054179.04469.8C     Document Type: Article

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