The descending branch of the superficial circumflex artery supplying anteromedial thigh skin

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1118-1122

  Şafak, Tunç ^a,b   Akyürek, Mustafa ^a,b  

^a Hacettepe Univ Faculty of Medicine ^*

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BURN SCAR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECUBITUS; DESCENDING SUPERFICIAL CIRCUMFLEX ARTERY; FACE MALFORMATION; FACE SURGERY; FASCIA DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILIAC ARTERY; INFERIOR SUPERFICIAL CIRCUMFLEX ARTERY; INGUINAL REGION; MALE; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCROTUM DISORDER; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN DEFECT; SUPERFICIAL CIRCUMFLEX ARTERY; SUPERFICIAL ILIAC CIRCUMFLEX ARTERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THIGH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GROIN; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH;

EID: 14944373198     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000135333.58730.C0     Document Type: Article

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