Reconstruction of complex chest wall defects by using polypropylene mesh and a pedicled latissimus dorsi flap: a 6-year experience

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 628-635

  Hameed, Abdul ^a   Akhtar, Shaheen ^a   Naqvi, Ajmal ^a   Pervaiz, Zahid ^a  

^a Sheikh Zayed Hospital   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Chest wall; Latissimus dorsi; Polypropylene

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MALE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; THORAX SURGERY; THORAX WALL DEFECT; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE; WOUND CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POLYPROPYLENES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RIBS; STERNUM; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL MESH; THORACIC NEOPLASMS; THORACIC WALL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43549098469     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.04.011     Document Type: Article

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