Does the removal of pectoralis minor impair the function of pectoralis major?

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1266-1273

  Scevola, Silvia ^a   Cowan, Joseph ^b   Harrison, Douglas H ^b  

^a Tenuta Limido   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DONOR SITE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE EXAMINATION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PECTORAL MUSCLE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141904963     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000080711.95414.05     Document Type: Article

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