An anterolateral thigh flap based on the superior cutaneous perforator artery: An anatomic study and case reports

Microsurgery

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 160-165

  Chen, Zhong ^a   Zhang, Chun ^a   Lao, Jie ^b   Xing, Jin Jun ^a   Zhu, Min Xing ^a   Wu, Yang ^a   Ma, A N Jun ^a  

^a Jinhua Central Hospital   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CHILD; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LATERAL CIRCUMFLEX FEMORAL ARTERY; MALE; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; FOREARM INJURIES; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH;

EID: 34247209188     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20325     Document Type: Article

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