The lateral intercostal artery perforators: Anatomical study and clinical application in breast surgery

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 389-396

  Hamdi, Moustapha ^a   Spano, Andrea ^b   Landuyt, Koenraad Van ^b   D'Herde, Katharina ^b   Blondeel, Phillip ^b   Monstrey, Stan ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST SURGERY; CADAVER; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; LATERAL INTERCOSTAL ARTERY PERFORATOR; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; AGED; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST TUMOR; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; SEGMENTAL MASTECTOMY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THORAX WALL; TRANSPLANTATION; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CADAVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMAPLASTY; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SURGICAL FLAPS; THORACIC WALL;

EID: 40749127172     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000298317.65296.cf     Document Type: Article

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