The thin circumflex scapular artery perforator flap

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1082-1096

  Dabernig, J ^a,b,c,d   Sorensen, K ^a   Shaw Dunn, J ^b   Hart, A M ^a,c,d,e  

^a CANNIESBURN PLASTIC SURGERY UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chimeric; Flowthrough; Free tissue transfer; Perforator flap; Reconstruction; Revascularisation; Thin flap

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; BONE GRAFT; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CADAVER; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DONOR SITE; ESTHETICS; FASCIA; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; HAND RECONSTRUCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MICROSURGERY; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERFORATOR FLAP; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; REVASCULARIZATION; SARCOMA; SCAPULAR FLAP; SKIN FLAP; SUPPURATIVE HIDRADENITIS; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; ARTERIES; AXILLA; FEMALE; HAND INJURIES; HIDRADENITIS SUPPURATIVA; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PULSATILE FLOW; RADIAL ARTERY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SCAPULA; SURGICAL FLAPS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 34548297920     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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