Thoracodorsal artery perforator flap: A versatile alternative for various soft tissue defects

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 285-293

  Ayhan, Suhan ^a   Tuncer, Serhan ^a,b   Demir, Yucel ^a   Kandal, Sebahattin ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Pedicled TDAP flap; Perforator flap; Soft tissue reconstruction; TDAP; Thoracodorsal artery perforator flap; Versatile flap

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BREAST; CHEEK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PERFORATOR FLAP; POPLITEAL ARTERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACODORSAL ARTERY PERFORATOR FLAP; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 47149099562     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1080539     Document Type: Article

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