Delayed vertical rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap for anterior chest wall reconstruction

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 120-124

  Fujiwara, Masao ^a   Nakamura, Yoko ^a   Sano, Akira ^a   Nakayama, Ei ^a   Nagasawa, Miyuki ^a   Shindo, Tom ^a  

^a TENRI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Delay; Flap; Radiation; Rectus abdominis myocutaneous; Ulcer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SKIN ULCER; THORAX WALL RECONSTRUCTION; VASCULARIZATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; SURGICAL FLAPS; THORACIC WALL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 32144446920     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00266-005-0145-6     Document Type: Article

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