Reverse latissimus dorsi musculocutaneous flap for reconstruction of lumbar radiation ulcer

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 565-569

  Motegi, Sei Ichiro ^a   Tamura, Atsushi ^a   Abe, Marie ^a   Okada, Etsuko ^a   Nagai, Yayoi ^a   Ishikawa, Osamu ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lumbar closure; Radiation skin injury; Radiation ulcer; Reverse latissimus dorsi flap

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; ECCRINE POROCARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIATION INJURY; SKIN INJURY; SKIN ULCER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWEAT GLAND CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; CARCINOMA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; RADIATION INJURIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; SWEAT GLAND NEOPLASMS; ULCER;

EID: 34547757940     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2007.00332.x     Document Type: Article

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