Use of the omentum flap as additional soft-tissue cover for abdominal wall defects reconstructed with Gore-Tex

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1715-1720

  Wong, Chin Ho ^a   Tan, Bien Keem ^a,b   Koong, Heng Nung ^a   Lim, Chong Hee ^a   Chia, Sing Joo ^a   Song, Colin ^a  

^a Singapore General Hospital ^*

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCISIONAL HERNIA; MALE; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; OMENTUM; OMENTUM GRAFT; PLASTIC SURGERY; POLITEF IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; SKIN ABSCESS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE FLAP; WOUND HEALING; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 27744528744     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000185664.33079.5d     Document Type: Article

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