The axillary tree as a source of musculocutaneous and fasciocutaneous flaps in a fixed-skin porcine model

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 473-477

  Murphy Jr , Robert X ^a,b   Sonntag, Bryan V ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; NONHUMAN; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; AXILLA; FASCIA; MUSCLES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN; SURGICAL FLAPS; SWINE;

EID: 0345698733     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-199805000-00005     Document Type: Article

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