Anatomical variations in the harvest of anterolateral thigh flap perforators: A cadaveric and clinical study

Microsurgery

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 16-23

  Rozen, Warren M ^a   Ashton, Mark W ^a   Pan, Wei Ren ^a   Kiil, Birgitte J ^a   McClure, Vicki K ^a   Grinsell, Damien ^a   Stella, Damien L ^b   Corlett, Russell J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; PERFORATOR FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIES; CADAVER; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 58849130695     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20550     Document Type: Article

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