Vastus lateralis motor nerve can adversely affect anterolateral thigh flap harvest

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 196-201

  Casey III, William J ^a   Rebecca, Alanna M ^b   Smith, Anthony A ^b   Craft, Randall O ^b   Hayden, Richard E ^b   Buchel, Edward W ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP; FEMORAL ARTERY; GRAFT PERFUSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NERVE TRANSECTION; PERFORATOR FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SKIN ISLAND FLAP; VASCULAR PEDICLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34250735656     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000264098.05399.6a     Document Type: Review

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