The gluteus maximus muscle flap for reconstruction of sacral chordoma defects

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 44-49

  Koh, Poh Koon ^a   Tan, Bien Keem ^a   Hong, Soo Wan ^b   Tan, Mann Hong ^a   Tay, Andrew G ^a   Song, Colin ^a   Tan, Kok Chai ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHORDOMA; FEMALE; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE FLAP; HUMAN; MUSCLE BLOOD VESSEL; MUSCLE FLAP; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION;

BONE NEOPLASMS; CHORDOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; SACRUM; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 3042719600     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000106423.87203.a3     Document Type: Article

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