Regional differences in ultrasonic assessment of subcutaneous fat thickness in the abdomen: Effects on the TRAM flap

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 130-135

  Yano, Kenji ^a   Hosokawa, Ko ^a   Nakai, Kunihiro ^a   Kubo, Tateki ^a   Matsuo, Yuki ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; NECROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; RISK FACTOR; SIMULATION; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SURGICAL INFECTION; THICKNESS; TISSUE NECROSIS; ULTRASOUND; UMBILICUS;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0041625820     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SAP.0000058503.46432.96     Document Type: Article

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