Structural and Functional Anatomy of the Abdominal Wall

Clinics in Plastic Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 169-179

  Grevious, Mark A ^a,b   Cohen, Mimis ^a,b   Shah, Samir R ^c   Rodriguez, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; EMBRYOLOGY; FASCIA; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; INNERVATION; LYMPH VESSEL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERITONEUM; PLASTIC SURGERY; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; REVIEW; SKELETON; SKIN; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ABDOMINAL WALL; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 33646503234     PISSN: 00941298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cps.2005.12.005     Document Type: Review

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