Forehead anatomy: Arterial variations and venous link of the midline forehead flap

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 593-606

  Kleintjes, Wayne George ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Central artery; Central vein; Median artery and vein; Oblique branch of the supraorbital artery; Paracentral artery; Supraorbital ligament; Transverse frontal artery

Indexed keywords

LATEX;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANGULAR ARTERY; ARTERY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CENTRAL ARTERY; DISSECTION; DORSAL NASAL ARTERY; FOREHEAD FLAP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ORBIT; PARACENTRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRAORBITAL ARTERY; SUPRATROCHLEAR ARTERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TEMPORAL ARTERY; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN;

ARTERIES; CADAVER; EYELIDS; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; FRONTAL SINUS; HUMANS; MALE; NOSE; ORBIT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCALP; SURGICAL FLAPS; TEMPORAL ARTERIES; TERMINOLOGY; VEINS;

EID: 34247627499     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2006.12.006     Document Type: Article

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