Clinical experience with the hatchet-shaped gluteus maximus musculocutaneous flap

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 179-182

  Jósvay, János ^a   Sashegyi, Mihály ^a   Kelemen, Péter ^a   Donáth, Antal ^a  

^a Szent Imre Hospital   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Gluteus maximus flap; Musculocutaneous hatchet flap; Pressure sore

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROHN DISEASE; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MUSCULOCUTANEOUS HATCHET FLAP; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PILONIDAL SINUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRUM; SAFETY; SEROMA; SKIN INCISION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BUTTOCKS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PRESSURE ULCER; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 22944450329     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000171147.73420.25     Document Type: Article

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