The arterial vascularisation of the abdominal wall with special regard to the umbilicus

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 392-397

  O'Dey, Dan Mon ^a   Heimburg, D V ^a   Prescher, A ^a   Pallua, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abdominal wall; Abdominoplasty; Anatomy; Inferior and superior epigastric artery; Umbilicus

Indexed keywords

BARIUM SULFATE; GELATIN; LEAD;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ABDOMINAL WALL; ABDOMINOPLASTY; AGED; ARTERIAL TRUNK; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INCISION; INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TORSION; TRACTION THERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING; UMBILICUS; VASCULARIZATION;

ABDOMINAL WALL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; EPIGASTRIC ARTERIES; HUMANS; UMBILICUS;

EID: 3042646244     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2004.02.008     Document Type: Article

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