Reversed Forearm Island Flap Supplied by the Septocutaneous Perforator of the Radial Artery: Anatomical Basis and Clinical Applications

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1012-1016

  Yang, Daping ^a   Morris, Steven F ^b   Tang, Maolin ^b   Geddes, Christopher R ^b  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; HAND INJURY; HAND RECONSTRUCTION; HUMAN; ISLAND FLAP; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; REVERSED FOREARM ISLAND FLAP; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CASE REPORT; METHODOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; RADIAL ARTERY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0142200962     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000076192.14536.90     Document Type: Article

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