Pelvic and perineal reconstruction following abdominoperineal resection: The role of gracilis flap

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 168-172

  Persichetti, Paolo ^a   Cogliandro, Annalisa ^a   Marangi, Giovanni Francesco ^a   Simone, Pierfranco ^a   Ripetti, Valter ^a   Vitelli, Carlo Eugenio ^a   Coppola, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abdominoperineal resection; Colorectal cancer; Gracilis flap; Perineal reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GRACILIS FLAP; HEALING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PELVIS SURGERY; PERINEUM INJURY; PERINEUM RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM CARCINOMA; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PELVIS; PERINEUM; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 34547653965     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000252693.53692.e0     Document Type: Article

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