Experiences with the "reverse" latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flap

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2456-2459

  Muramatsu, Keiichi ^a,b   Ihara, Koichiro ^a   Ooi, Ritsuko ^a   Imazyo, Yasuaki ^a   Taguchi, Toshihiko ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEMIPELVECTOMY; HUMAN; ILIAC CREST; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MALE; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PELVIS FRACTURE; PELVIS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND INFECTION; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SURGICAL INFECTION; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33745370920     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000218329.23006.11     Document Type: Article

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