Management of subcostal scars during DIEP-flap raising

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 511-514

  Schoeller, Thomas ^a   Huemer, Georg M ^a   Kolehmainen, Maija ^b   Otto Schoeller, Angela ^a   Wechselberger, Gottfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Abdominoplasty; DIEP flap; Perforator; Scar; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINOPLASTY; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; FAT NECROSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGATION; MASTECTOMY; MICROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; SKIN FLAP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ABDOMEN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CICATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 4344608750     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2004.04.011     Document Type: Article

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