Use of the lateral intercostal perforator-based pedicled abdominal flap for upper-limb wounds from severe electrical injury

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 116-121

  Yunchuan, Pan ^a   Jiaqin, Xu ^a   Sihuan, Chen ^a   Zunhong, Liang ^a  

^a HAINAN PROVINCIAL PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Abdominal flap; Electrical injury; Intercostal perforator; Upper limb; Wound repair

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM INJURY; ARTERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELBOW INJURY; ELECTRIC BURN; ELECTRIC INJURY; ESTHETICS; HAND BURN; HUMAN; LATERAL INTERCOSTAL PERFORATOR ARTERY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FLAP SURVIVAL; SKIN NECROSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UMBILICUS; VASCULARIZATION; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM INJURIES; BURNS, ELECTRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 33645048983     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000189705.09281.5a     Document Type: Article

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