The versatile DIEP flap: Its use in lower extremity reconstruction

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 2-13

  Van Landuyt, Koenraad ^a   Blondeel, Phillip ^a   Hamdi, Moustapha ^a   Tonnard, Patrick ^b   Verpaele, Alex ^b   Monstrey, Stanislas ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Coupure Links ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Deep inferior epigastric perforator flap; Lower extremity reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR SITE; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FREE SKIN GRAFT; GANGRENE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEG DISEASE; MALE; MORBIDITY; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN ULCER; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; LEG; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 11844300383     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2004.06.003     Document Type: Article

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