Pedicled myocutaneous and muscle flaps in the management of complicated cardiothoracic problems

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 220-224

  Dosios, Theodosios ^a,c   Papadopoulos, Othon ^a   Mantas, Dimitrios ^a   Georgiou, Panagis ^a   Asimacopoulos, Panayotis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b HENRY DUNANT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cardiothoracic; Complicated problems; Muscle flap; Myocutaneous flap; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIATION NECROSIS; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; STERNUM; THORAX WALL RECONSTRUCTION; THORAX WALL TUMOR; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRONCHIAL FISTULA; CHILD; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEORADIONECROSIS; PLEURAL DISEASES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RESPIRATORY TRACT FISTULA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; THORACIC NEOPLASMS; THORACIC WALL;

EID: 0042412254     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844310310000671     Document Type: Article

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