Reconstruction of postburn neck contractures using free thin thoracodorsal artery perforator flaps with cervicoplasty

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1524-1532

  Mun, Goo Hyun ^a   Jeon, Byeng June ^a   Lim, So Young ^a   Hyon, Won Sok ^a   Bang, Sa Ik ^a   Oh, Kap Sung ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN CONTRACTURE; BURN SCAR; CERVICOPLASTY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACODORSAL ARTERY PERFORATOR FLAP; ARTERY; BURN; CASE REPORT; CONTRACTURE; INJURY SCALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NECK INJURY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; ARTERIES; BURNS; CERVICOPLASTY; CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK INJURIES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 38449122482     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000282040.39007.1d     Document Type: Article

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