Lateral wing flaps for increasing the gain in surface area of rectangular expanders{star, open}

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 896-898

  Cenk, Sen ^a   Cigdem, Unal ^a   Tonguc, Isken ^a   Deniz, Iscen ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURN SCAR; DONOR; ESTHETIC SURGERY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMPLANT; LETTER; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN EXPANSION; SKIN FLAP; SKIN INCISION; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE EXPANDERS; TISSUE EXPANSION; TISSUE SURVIVAL;

EID: 33746210932     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2005.10.019     Document Type: Letter

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