Free-style local perforator flaps: concept and classification system

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 602-608

  Bravo, Francisco G ^a   Schwarze, Hardy P ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Classification; Doppler signal; Free style; Local; Perforator flaps

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERFORATOR FLAP; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE FLAP;

ADULT; AGED; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE ULCER; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 64749107767     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2008.11.086     Document Type: Article

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