Reconstruction of axillary scar constractures - Retrospective study of 124 cases over 25 years

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 100-105

  Ogawa, Rei ^a   Hyakusoku, Hiko ^a   Murakami, Masahiro ^a   Koike, Sachiko ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axilla; Propeller flap; Reconstruction; Scar contracture; Square flap

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXILLA; CONTRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FREE SKIN GRAFT; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAPULA; SKIN FLAP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; Z PLASTY;

EID: 0038481669     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0007-1226(03)00035-3     Document Type: Article

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