The cutaneous course of deep inferior epigastric perforators: implications for flap thinning

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 986-990

  Rozen, W M ^a   Murray, A C A ^a   Ashton, M W ^a   Bloom, R J ^a   Stella, D L ^b   Phillips, T J ^b   Taylor, G I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast reconstruction; DIEA; Flap; Microvascular; Perforator; Thinning

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC PERFORATOR FLAP; DEEP INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC PERFORATOR FLAP THINNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; CADAVER; EPIGASTRIC ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; SURGICAL FLAPS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67650081801     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2008.01.007     Document Type: Article

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