A new technique for closure of large meningomyelocele defects

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 538-543

  Mutaf, Mehmet ^a   Bekerecioǧlu, Mehmet ^a   Erkutlu, Ibrahim ^a   Bulut, Ömer ^a  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Local flaps; Meningomyelocele; Mutaf triangular closure; Unequal z plasty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MUTAF TRIANGULAR CLOSURE PROCEDURE; NEUROSURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TRANSPOSITION FLAP; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VASCULARIZATION; Z PLASTY;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEURAL CREST; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGERY, PLASTIC; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38549166463     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000258968.41727.0f     Document Type: Article

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