A novel technique for the prophylactic plating of the osteocutaneous radial forearm flap donor site

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 200-204

  Karamanoukian, Raffy ^a   Gupta, Ranjan ^a   Evans, Gregory R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Osteocutaneous radial flap; Plating

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; DEVICE; HUMAN; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; OSTEOCUTANEOUS RADIAL FOREARM FREE FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RIGIDITY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; BONE PLATES; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; FOREARM; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; RADIUS; RADIUS FRACTURES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 33645070277     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000186859.91656.ca     Document Type: Article

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