Alternative vascular pedicle of the anterolateral thigh flap: The oblique branch of the lateral circumflex femoral artery

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 571-577

  Wong, Chin Ho ^a   Wei, Fu Chan ^a   Fu, Brian ^a   Chen, Ying An ^a   Lin, Jeng Yee ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP; ARTICLE; DISSECTION; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LATERAL CIRCUMFLEX FEMORAL ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PERFORATOR FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR PEDICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMORAL ARTERY; HISTOLOGY; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; METHODOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN; THIGH; TRANSPLANTATION; VASCULARIZATION;

DISSECTION; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 61449248407     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e318195658f     Document Type: Article

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