The proximal radial artery perforator flap (PRAP-flap): An anatomical study for its use in elbow reconstruction

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 245-251

  Tiengo, Cesare ^a   Macchi, Veronica ^a   Porzionato, Andrea ^a   Stecco, Carla ^a   Parenti, Anna ^a   Bassetto, Franco ^a   De Caro, Raffaele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Elbow reconstruction; Perforator flap; Plastic surgery; Radial artery

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID RESIN;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW INJURY; EPIPHYSIS; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMERUS; LONG TERM CARE; MICROSURGERY; OLECRANON FRACTURE; PERFORATOR FLAP; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; RELIABILITY; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; CADAVER; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIAL ARTERY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 34147128219     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-007-0203-7     Document Type: Article

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