The thoracodorsal artery perforator flap: Clinical experience and anatomic study with emphasis on harvest techniques. Discussion

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 42-43

  Germann, Günter ^a,b  

^a University of Heidelberg ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; NOTE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACODORSAL ARTERY PERFORATOR FLAP;

EID: 4444352739     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000125692.21445.CA     Document Type: Note

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