Vascular anatomy of the anterolateral thigh flap

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1108-1117

  Kawai, Kenichiro ^a   Imanishi, Nobuaki ^b   Nakajima, Hideo ^b   Aiso, Sadakazu ^b   Kakibuchi, Masao ^b   Hosokawa, Ko ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP; ARTERY; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; CADAVER; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PERFORATING ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VEIN; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VENOUS BLOOD;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIES; CADAVER; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH; VEINS;

EID: 14944344599     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000135332.97062.7F     Document Type: Article

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