Free thoracodorsal artery perforator flap in extremity reconstruction: 12 cases

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 525-530

  Chen, Shao Liang ^a   Chen, T M ^a   Wang, H J ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Distal limb reconstruction; Thoracodorsal artery perforator flap

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOOT SURGERY; FOREARM; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; LIMB DEFECT; MALE; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN FLAP; SKIN ULCER; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; BACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 4344681912     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2004.04.018     Document Type: Article

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