The versatility of the SIEA flap: a clinical assessment of the vascular territory of the superficial epigastric inferior artery

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 946-951

  Holm, Charlotte ^a   Mayr, Martina ^a   Höfter, Eugen ^a   Ninkovic, Milomir ^a  

^a KLINIKUM BOGENHAUSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiosome; Breast reconstruction; Fluorescence; Indocyanine green; Laser; SIEA flap

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINOPLASTY; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT PERFUSION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; REOPERATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPERFICIAL INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC ARTERY FLAP;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; AGED; EPIGASTRIC ARTERIES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; LASERS; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 34347257763     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2005.12.066     Document Type: Article

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