Is there any need to localize the perforator of the anterolateral thigh flap? [20]

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2328-2329

  Sharma, Ramesh Kumar ^a   Tuli, Puneet ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; IMAGING SYSTEM; LETTER; PATELLA; PERFORATOR FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; NOTE; PLASTIC SURGERY; THIGH; VASCULARIZATION;

HUMANS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH;

EID: 34249809142     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000261088.08288.29     Document Type: Letter

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