Peritoneo-cutaneous perforators in deep inferior epigastric perforator flaps: A cadaveric dissection and computed tomographic angiography study

Microsurgery

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 124-127

  Whitaker, Iain S ^a   Rozen, Warren M ^b   Smit, Jeroen M ^c   Dimopoulou, Angeliki ^d   Ashton, Mark W ^b   Acosta, Rafael ^d  

^a MORRISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD OXIDE;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CADAVER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; DEEP INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC PERFORATOR FLAP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; PERITONEO CUTANEOUS PERFORATOR; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; VASCULARIZATION;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; CADAVER; DISSECTION; EPIGASTRIC ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAMMAPLASTY; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 61449175744     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20600     Document Type: Article

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