The cutaneous arteries of the anterior abdominal wall: A three-dimensional study

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 442-450

  Tregaskiss, Ashley P ^a,b   Goodwin, Adam N ^a   Acland, Robert D ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; LEAD;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ABDOMINOPLASTY; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CADAVER; DEEP INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC PERFORATOR FLAP; DONOR SITE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORPHOLOGY; PERFORATOR FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UMBILICUS;

ABDOMINAL WALL; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34447575042     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000267414.66623.6e     Document Type: Article

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