The 'propeller' distal anteromedial thigh perforator flap. Anatomic study and clinical applications

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1323-1330

  Moscatiello, Fabrizio ^a   Masià, Jaume ^a   Carrera, Ana ^b   Clavero, José Antonio ^c   Larrañaga, José Ramòn ^a   Pons, Gemma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Clinica Creu Blanca   (Spain)

Author keywords

Lower limb; Perforator; Propeller; Thigh

Indexed keywords

LATEX;

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTEROMEDIAL THIGH PERFORATOR FLAP; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DONOR SITE; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT NECROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE DISEASE; LEG DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PERFORATOR FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36049005015     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.02.027     Document Type: Article

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