The 'expansile' supraclavicular artery flap for release of post-burn neck contractures

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1094-1101

  Rashid, Mamoon ^a   Zia ul Islam, Muhammad ^a   Sarwar, Saad ur Rahman ^a   Bhatti, Ahsan Manzoor ^a  

^a Malir National University of Medical Sciences   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Burn reconstruction; Fasciocutaneous flap; Flap stretching; Neck contracture; Supraclavicular artery flap

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; BURN CONTRACTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DONOR SITE; EPIDERMOLYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NECK MALFORMATION; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN EXPANSION; SKIN FLAP; SKIN FLAP SURVIVAL; SPLINT; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT; Z PLASTY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURNS; CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK INJURIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 33748702271     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2005.12.058     Document Type: Article

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