A cautionary point in the harvest of the anterolateral thigh myocutaneous flap

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 637-639

  Wong, Chin Ho ^a,b   Kao, Huang Kai ^a   Fu, Brian ^a   Lin, Jeng Yee ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Anterolateral thigh; Lateral circumflex femoral artery; Myocutaneous flap; Rectus femoris; Safety; Variation; Vastus lateralis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CERVICOPLASTY; CHEEK MUCOSA; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; NECK DISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; THIGH; VASCULARIZATION; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH TUMOR; PLASTIC SURGERY; SKIN; TRANSPLANTATION;

HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 66149154274     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e318184ab8c     Document Type: Article

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