Functional units within the latissimus dorsi muscle based on Sihler technique

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 152-155

  Wong, Marcus Thien Chong ^a   Lim, Aymeric Y ^a   Coninck, Christine D ^a   Kumar, Prem V ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Functional units; Intramuscular neurovascular anatomy; Latissimus dorsi muscle; Sihler technique; Surgical splitting

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INNERVATION; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MALE; MICRODISSECTION; PECTORAL MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SIHLER TECHNIQUE; STAINING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; STAINING AND LABELING; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 34547660204     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000252731.60748.cb     Document Type: Article

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