Cutaneous perforators of the peroneal artery: Cadaveric study with implications in the design of the osteocutaneous free fibular flap

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 826-833

  Dimitrios, Papadimas ^a   Tilemachos, Paraskeuopoulos ^a,b   Anagnostopoulou, Sophia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cadaver; Myocutaneous; Septocutaneous

Indexed keywords

ARTERY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; DISSECTION; FIBULA; FIBULA GRAFT; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; LEG; OSTEOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PERONEUS ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIES; FIBULA; HUMANS; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 70349334439     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20847     Document Type: Article

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