Perforator topography of the thoracodorsal artery perforator flap

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 497-504

  Mun, Goo Hyun ^a   Lee, Sang Joon ^a   Jeon, Byeng June ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MALE; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; THORACODORSAL ARTERY PERFORATOR FLAP; BURN; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; INJURY; LIP; MAMMARY ARTERY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NECK INJURY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSPLANTATION; VASCULARIZATION; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BURNS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NECK INJURIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; THORACIC ARTERIES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 40749094840     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000299184.57535.81     Document Type: Article

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