Free anteromedial thigh flap: Clinical application and review of literature

Microsurgery

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-48

  Schoeller, Thomas ^a   Huemer, Georg M ^a   Shafighi, Maziar ^a   Gurunluoglu, Raffi ^a   Wechselberger, Gottfried ^a   Piza Katzer, Hildegunde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; REVIEW; SARTORIUS MUSCLE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; THIGH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIABETIC FOOT; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH;

EID: 0842289265     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.10194     Document Type: Review

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