The breast musculocutaneous flap for complete coverage of the median sternotomy wound

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 199-203

  Hallock, Geoffrey G ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBID OBESITY; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN INCISION; SKIN NECROSIS; STERNOTOMY; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0038787788     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000066175.26559.DB     Document Type: Article

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