Chest wall reconstruction using a turbocharged chimaeric anterolateral thigh flap

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 438-441

  Gore, Sinclair M ^a   Akhavani, Mohammed A ^a   Kang, Norbert ^a   Chana, Jagdeep S ^a  

^a MOUNT VERNON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterolateral; Chest wall; Chimaeric; Flap; Thigh; Thoracic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; PERFORATOR FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FLAP; SKIN GRAFT; TENSOR FASCIA LATA MUSCLE; THIGH; THORAX WALL DEFECT; THORAX WALL RECONSTRUCTION; WOUND CLOSURE;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, RADICAL; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; THORACIC WALL;

EID: 40749115581     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.01.011     Document Type: Article

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