Free Anterolateral Thigh Adipofascial Perforator Flap

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 976-982

  Hsieh, Ching Hua ^b   Yang, Chang Chien ^b   Kuo, Yur Ren ^b   Tsai, Hui Hong ^b   Jeng, Seng Feng ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTEROLATERAL THIGH ADIPOFASCIAL PERFORATOR FLAP; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MALE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE FLAP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADIPOSE TISSUE; CASE REPORT; FASCIA; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; THIGH;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0142232054     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000076221.25738.66     Document Type: Article

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