The use of ultrasonic shears for the harvest of perforator free flaps

Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 343-346

  Ahmed, Sameer ^a   Sidell, Doug ^a   Blackwell, Keith E ^a   Sercarz, Joel A ^a   Abemayor, Elliot ^a   Nabili, Vishad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEAD; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; NECK; PLASTIC SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; TRANSPLANTATION; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; VASCULARIZATION; WOUND HEALING;

HEAD; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NECK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 70349862884     PISSN: 15212491     EISSN: 15383660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archfacial.2009.64     Document Type: Article

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