Technique of harvesting the gracilis for free functioning muscle transplantation

Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 245-251

  Addosooki, Ahmad I ^a   Doi, Kazuteru ^a   Hattori, Yasunori ^a  

^a Ogori Daiichi General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Functioning transplantation; Gracilis harvest; Technique

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; DEEP FEMORAL ARTERY; EXPERIENCE; FREE FUNCTIONING MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MOBILIZATION; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON; TREATMENT INDICATION; VASCULAR PEDICLE;

DISSECTION; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; THIGH; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 33845635966     PISSN: 10893393     EISSN: 15316572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bth.0000236986.43170.66     Document Type: Article

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