The vertical and extended rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap for irradiated thigh and groin defects

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 171-177

  Parrett, Brian M ^a   Winograd, Jonathan M ^a   Garfein, Evan S ^a   Lee, W P Andrew ^a   Hornicek, Francis J ^a   Austen, William G ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CELLULITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR SITE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT NECROSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INGUINAL REGION; LIPOSARCOMA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METASTASIS; MOBILIZATION; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROMA; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; THIGH; WOUND; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DEHISCENCE; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; TRANSPLANTATION; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; GROIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 48049105317     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181774330     Document Type: Article

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