Primary closure of radial forearm flap donor defects with a bilobed flap based on the fasciocutaneous perforator of the ulnar artery

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1355-1360

  Hsieh, Ching Hua ^a,b   Kuo, Yur Ren ^a,b   Yao, Sheng Fa ^a,b   Liang, Chi Cheng ^a,b   Jeng, Seng Feng ^a,b,c  

^a Chang Gung University ^*

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILOBED FLAP; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DONOR SITE; DONOR SITE MORBIDITY; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL FOREAM FLAP; RADIAL FOREARM FLAP DEFECT; SCAR; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TAIWAN; ULNAR ARTERY; WOUND CLOSURE; CASE REPORT; DUTY TO RECONTACT; FOREARM; LARYNX TUMOR; LIP TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH TUMOR; PLASTIC SURGERY; TONGUE TUMOR; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; DUTY TO RECONTACT; FOREARM; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LIP NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TONGUE NEOPLASMS; ULNAR ARTERY;

EID: 2342475116     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000112742.51430.A7     Document Type: Article

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