The vascular basis of perforator flaps based on the source arteries of the lateral lumbar region

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1651-1659

  Offman, Saul L ^a,b   Geddes, Christopher R ^a,b   Tang, Maolin ^a,b   Morris, Steven F ^a,b,c  

^a Dalhousie University ^*

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Division of Plastic Surgery   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CADAVER; DONOR SITE; EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; LUMBAR ARTERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TRUNK;

ANGIOGRAPHY; EPIGASTRIC ARTERIES; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; SKIN; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 18044377760     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000161464.11134.C1     Document Type: Article

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