Clinical use of a pedicled anterolateral thigh flap

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 158-164

  Ng, Raymond W M ^a   Chan, Jimmy Y W ^a   Mok, Vivian ^a   Li, George K H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Anterolateral thigh flap; Genital reconstruction; Groin reconstruction; Pedicle flap; Perineal reconstruction; Vagina reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CHEMOSURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PENIS CARCINOMA; PERFORATOR FLAP; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SKIN TRANSPOSITION FLAP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION;

AGED; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, MALE; GROIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; PERINEUM; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRAL NEOPLASMS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINA;

EID: 38349048539     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.10.028     Document Type: Article

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