Versatility of the lateral arm free flap in various anatomic defect reconstructions

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 107-112

  Karamürsel, Sebat ^a,b   Baǧdatlý, Dilek ^b   Markal, Nilgün ^b   Demir, Zühtü ^b   Çelebioǧlu, Selim ^b  

^a Ankara Social Secty Assoc Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

^b Dept of Plast and Reconstr Surg   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Free flap; Lateral arm flap; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CHLORPROMAZINE; DEXTRAN; DIPYRIDAMOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARM MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FASCIAL FLAP; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LATERAL ARM FREE FLAP; LEG MALFORMATION; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; OSTEOFASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE NEOPLASMS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 14844353585     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-864843     Document Type: Article

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