The vascular basis of the thoracodorsal artery perforator flap

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 818-822

  Thomas, Binu P ^a,b   Geddes, Christopher R ^a,b   Tang, Maolin ^a,b   Williams, Jason ^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

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTERY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; THORACODORSAL ARTERY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 24644495585     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000176253.42394.7c     Document Type: Article

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