Pedicled deep inferior epigastric perforator flap: An alternative method to repair groin and scrotal defects

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 285-288

  Zeng, Ang ^a   Xu, Jun ^a   Yan, Xiaoqing ^a   You, Lei ^a   Yang, Hongyan ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Groin; Pedicled flaps; Perforator; Scrotal reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEEP INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC PERFORATOR FLAP; ESTHETIC SURGERY; ESTHETICS; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INGUINAL FLAP; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCROTUM DISORDER; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; GROIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SCROTUM; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 33748275879     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000221466.97653.15     Document Type: Article

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