Distally based radial forearm flap with preservation of the radial artery: Anatomic, experimental, and clinical studies

Microsurgery

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 328-337

  Chang, Shi Min ^a,b   Hou, Chun Lin ^b   Zhang, Feng ^c   Lineaweaver, William C ^c   Chen, Zhong Wei ^d   Gu, Yu Dong ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ZHONGSHAN HOSPITAL OF FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISSECTION; DOG; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND RECONSTRUCTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ISLAND FLAP; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; DOGS; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; RADIAL ARTERY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0042333262     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.10155     Document Type: Article

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