Correction of axillary burn scar contracture with the thoracodorsal perforator-based cutaneous island flap

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 181-187

  Kim, Dae Young ^a   Cho, Sang Yoon ^a   Kim, Kwang Seog ^a   Lee, Sam Yong ^a   Cho, Bek Hyun ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN CONTRACTURE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; ISLAND FLAP; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN GRAFT; TREATMENT PLANNING; WOUND HEALING; Z PLASTY;

EID: 0342545923     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-200044020-00010     Document Type: Article

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