Flow-through flaps: A review of current knowledge and a novel classification system

Microsurgery

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 439-449

  Bullocks, Jamal ^a   Naik, Bindi ^a   Lee, Edward ^a   Hollier Jr , Larry ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; FACE INJURY; FEMORAL ARTERY; FLOW THROUGH FLAP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GASTROEPIPLOIC ARTERY; HAND INJURY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MICROCIRCULATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; REVASCULARIZATION; REVIEW; SKIN DEFECT; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULNAR ARTERY;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; HUMANS; MICROCIRCULATION; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33749262797     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20268     Document Type: Review

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