Harvesting the lateral femoral circumflex chimera free flap: Guidelines for elevation

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 918-925

  Adler, Neta ^a,b,c   Dorafshar, Amir H ^a,b   Agarwal, Jayant P ^a,b   Gottlieb, Lawrence J ^a,b,c  

^a University of Utah ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; DISSECTION; FEMORAL ARTERY; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; INCISION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PERFORATOR FLAP; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SURGICAL APPROACH;

HEAD; HUMANS; NECK; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 67651222148     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e318199f51c     Document Type: Article

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