Free split-cutaneous perforator flaps procured using a three-dimensional harvest technique for the reconstruction of postburn contracture defects

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 185-193

  Tsai, Feng Chou ^a,b   Yang, Jui Yung ^a   Mardini, Samir ^a   Chuang, Shiow Shuh ^a   Wei, Fu Chan ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN CONTRACTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FLAP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; BREAST; BURN; CASE REPORT; CONTRACTURE; HAND; HAND INJURY; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NECK INJURY; PLASTIC SURGERY; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; BREAST; BURNS; CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; HAND; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NECK INJURIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 4444343145     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000096707.22461.8A     Document Type: Article

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