The lower trapezius musculocutaneous flap from pedicled to free flap: Anatomical basis and clinical applications based on the dorsal scapular artery

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1580-1590

  Haas, Franz ^a,b   Weiglein, Andreas ^a,b   Schwarzl, Franz ^a,b   Scharnagl, Erwin ^a,b  

^a Karl Franzens Univ Medical School ^*

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CERVICAL TRANSVERSE ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DONOR SITE; DORSAL SCAPULAR ARTERY; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MORBIDITY; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; ADULT; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SHOULDER; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSPLANTATION; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; ARTERIES; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SHOULDER; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 2442543244     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000117188.03152.10     Document Type: Article

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