New anterolateral thigh perforator flap with a short pedicle for reconstruction of defects in the upper extremities

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 30-36

  Koshima, Isao ^a   Nanba, Yuzaburo ^b   Tsutsui, Tetsuya ^b   Takahashi, Yoshio ^b  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM BLOOD VESSEL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HAND INJURY; HAND RECONSTRUCTION; HUMAN; MALE; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; THIGH; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0038681671     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SAP.0000058496.80058.12     Document Type: Article

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