Tram flap delay: New data addressing old questions

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1883-1885

  Jensen, J Arthur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTERY LIGATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DEEP INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; DEEP INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC PERFORATOR FLAP; EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; EX VIVO STUDY; GRAFT PERFUSION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LETTER; MASTECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKILL; SUPERFICIAL INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; SUPERFICIAL INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC ARTERY FLAP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSVERSE RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCULOCUTANEOUS FLAP; VASCULARIZATION; NOTE; PLASTIC SURGERY; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; TIME; TRANSPLANTATION;

EPIGASTRIC ARTERIES; HUMANS; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 67649411849     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181a3f185     Document Type: Letter

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