Anatomical basis and clinical application of the infragluteal perforator flap

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1389-1400

  Scheufler, Oliver ^a   Farhadi, Jian ^b   Kovach, Steven J ^b   Kukies, Sebastian ^b   Pierer, Gerhard ^b   Levin, L Scott ^b   Erdmann, Detlev ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECUBITUS; DONOR SITE; FEMALE; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERIOR GLUTEAL ARTERY; INFRAGLUTEAL PERFORATOR FLAP; ISCHIUM; MALE; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE FLAP; PARAPLEGIA; PERINEUM INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRUM; SKIN FLAP; SKIN ULCER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; BUTTOCKS; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPLEGIA; PRESSURE ULCER; SURGICAL FLAPS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 33750245121     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000239533.39497.a9     Document Type: Article

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