Transverse thoracodorsal artery perforator flaps: experience with 31 free flaps

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 372-379

  Lee, Soo Hyang ^a   Mun, Goo Hyun ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Thoracodorsal artery perforator flap; Transverse design

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DONOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; THORACODORSAL ARTERY PERFORATOR FLAP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SCALP; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40749133725     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.10.050     Document Type: Article

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