Superior epigastric artery perforator flap: Preliminary report

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Uemura, Tetsuji ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARLEX;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; FEMALE; GRAFT NECROSIS; HUMAN; MALE; PERFORATOR FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FLAP; SKIN FLAP SURVIVAL; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERAPY EFFECT; THORAX WALL RECONSTRUCTION; ULCER;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; EPIGASTRIC ARTERIES; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34250696452     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000263538.71343.b7     Document Type: Article

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