Comparison of superior gluteal artery musculocutaneous and superior gluteal artery perforator flaps for microvascular breast reconstruction

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1641-1647

  Boyd, J Brian ^a,b   Gelfand, Mark ^a,b   Da Lio, Andrew ^a,b   Shaw, William ^a,b   Watson, James P ^a,b  

^a University of California ^*

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORATOR FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPERIOR GLUTEAL ARTERY PERFORATOR FLAP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VEIN GRAFT; VEIN THROMBOSIS; ARTERY; BUTTOCK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; ARTERIES; BUTTOCKS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMAPLASTY; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 67649410431     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181a64daf     Document Type: Article

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