The sensate medial dorsal intercostal artery perforator flap for closure of cervicothoracic midline defects after spinal surgery: An anatomic study and case reports

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 418-421

  De Weerd, Louis ^a   Weum, Sven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Perforator flap; Spinal surgery; Wound dehiscence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PERFORATOR FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSATE MEDIAL DORSAL INTERCOSTAL ARTERY PERFORATOR FLAP; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL INJURIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 70349900526     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31819537b4     Document Type: Article

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