The unfavorable anatomy of vastus lateralis motor nerves: A cause of donor-site morbidity after anterolateral thigh flap harvest

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1505-1509

  Rozen, Warren M ^a   Le Roux, Cara Michelle ^a   Ashton, Mark W ^a   Grinsell, Damien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTEROLATERAL THIGH FLAP; ARTICLE; DONOR SITE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; LATERAL CIRCUMFLEX FEMORAL ARTERY; MORBIDITY; MOTOR NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR PEDICLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; AGED; CADAVER; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PLASTIC SURGERY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THIGH; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH;

EID: 66549119170     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181a0748a     Document Type: Article

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