An aesthetic perquisite of rectus muscle transplantation in extremity reconstruction

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 109-111

  Brooks, Darrell ^a,b   Buntic, Rudolf F ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Medical Office Bldg ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Muscle transplantation; Reconstruction; Skin graft; Spare part

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINOPLASTY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPECTOMY; MALE; MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SKIN GRAFT; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ABDOMINAL WALL; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 11144248803     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000129205.26152.eb     Document Type: Article

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