The surgical anatomy of the blood supply to the femoral head: Description of the anastomosis between the medial femoral circumflex and inferior gluteal arteries at the hip

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1298-1303

  Grose, A W ^a,b   Gardner, M J ^a,c   Sussmann, P S ^a,d   Helfet, D L ^a,e   Lorich, D G ^a,e  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^e NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; CADAVER; EPIPHYSIS; FEMUR HEAD; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERIOR GLUTEAL ARTERY PERFORATOR FLAP; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MOLTING; OBTURATOR NERVE; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TENDON; VASCULARIZATION;

ARTERIES; BUTTOCKS; CADAVER; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEMUR HEAD; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; LATEX;

EID: 53849086151     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.90B10.20983     Document Type: Article

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