Modification of the Vertical Rectus Abdominis Musculocutaneous (VRAM) Flap for Functional Reconstruction of Complex Vulvoperineal Defects

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 556-560

  Hui, Kenneth ^a   Zhang, Feng ^b   Pickus, Evan ^b   Rodriguez, Luis F ^c   Teng, Nelson ^c   Lineaweaver, William C ^b,d  

^a Univ of Mississippi Medical Center ^*

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Reconstruction; Rectus abdominis; Surgical flap; VRAM; Vulvoperineum

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ANOPLASTY; ANUS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOSTOMY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; FEMALE; FOURCHETTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PELVIS EXENTERATION; PERINEUM; PERINEUM INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SEPTICEMIA; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UMBILICUS; VAGINA; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION; VERTICAL RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCULOCUTANEOUS FLAP; VULVA; VULVA CARCINOMA; VULVA DISEASE; VULVECTOMY; VULVOPERINEAL DEFECT;

AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERINEUM; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0345492066     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000096444.59573.87     Document Type: Article

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