Changes in the local morphology of the rectus abdominis muscle following the DIEP flap: An ultrasonographic study

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 398-405

  Lee, Shu Jin ^a   Lim, J ^a   Tan, W T L ^a   Baliarsing, A ^a   Iau, P T C ^a   Tan, L K S ^a   Lim, T C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

DIEP flap; Morphology; Perforator; Rectus muscle; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISSECTION; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE EDEMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THICKNESS; TISSUE FLAP;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EPIGASTRIC ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 3042644025     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2003.12.014     Document Type: Article

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