Bilateral modified V-Y advancement flaps for closing meningomyelocele defects

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 195-198

  Komuro, Yuzo ^a   Yanai, Akira ^a   Koga, Yukiko ^a   Seno, Hisakazu ^a   Inoue, Masahiro ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flap repair; Meningomyelocele; V Y advancement flap

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NECROSIS; NEUROSURGERY; NEWBORN; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; V Y ADVANCEMENT FLAP;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 33746468618     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000215281.05153.0c     Document Type: Article

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