Antegrade venous drainage in a reverse radial forearm flap

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 645-648

  Wu, T Y Tammy ^a,b   Brown, Richard E ^a,b  

^a S Illinois Univ School of Medicine ^*

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CARPEL; CASE REPORT; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FEMALE; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL FOREARM FLAP; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND HEALING; FOREARM; HAND; MELANOMA; METHODOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; SKIN TUMOR; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND; HUMANS; MELANOMA; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 1442264084     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000101532.34054.30     Document Type: Article

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