Flap prefabrication - The bridge between conventional flaps and tissue-engineered flaps

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 662-666

  Tan, Bien Keem ^a   Chen, H C ^b   He, T M ^b   Song, I C ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Transplantation; Vascular induction

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE;

BONE; CARTILAGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MICROANGIOGRAPHY; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PLASTIC SURGERY; REVASCULARIZATION; SKIN; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE FLAP; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 10344240881     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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