The oblique rectus abdominis musculocutaneous flap: Revisited clinical applications

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 367-373

  Lee, Michael J ^a,b   Dumanian, Gregory A ^a,b  

^a NW Feinberg School of Medicine ^*

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THIGH; TRUNK; WOUND; BLOOD FLOW; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VASCULARIZATION; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; PERINEUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIATION INJURIES; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 4344712585     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000131878.52740.EA     Document Type: Article

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