The transverse radial artery forearm flap

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2153-2160

  Ahn, Hee Chang ^a,b   Choi, Matthew Seung Suk ^a   Hwang, Won Joong ^a   Sung, Kun Yong ^a  

^a Hanyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DONOR; ESTHETICS; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FEMALE; FOOT MALFORMATION; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HAND MALFORMATION; HEAD AND NECK MALFORMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORBIDITY; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; SKIN GRAFT; TOE MALFORMATION; TRANSVERSE RADIAL ARTERY FOREARM FLAP; ULNAR ARTERY; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; VASCULARIZATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIAL ARTERY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34249818198     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000260704.34854.20     Document Type: Article

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