Extended lower trapezius island myocutaneous flap in the repair of postburn axillary contracture

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2076-2081

  Elshaer, Wael Mohamed ^a,b,c  

^a Cairo University ^*

^b Cairo University   (Egypt)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; BURN CONTRACTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISLAND FLAP; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SPLINTING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THICKNESS; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; AXILLA; CONTRACTURE; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SCAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AXILLA; BURNS; CICATRIX; CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 3242698941     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000121187.58166.62     Document Type: Article

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