Refining the intrinsic chimera flap: A review

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 462-467

  Agarwal, Jayant P ^a   Agarwal, Shailesh ^b   Adler, Neta ^c   Gottlieb, Lawrence J ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chimera; Chimera flap; Deep circumflex iliac; Inferior gluteal; Intrinsic chimera; Lateral femoral circumflex; Peroneal; Radial; Subscapular; Thoracodorsal

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHIMERIC FLAP; DEEP CIRCUMFLEX ILIAC ARTERY FLAP; HUMAN; INFERIOR GLUTEAL ARTERY FLAP; LATERAL FEMORAL CIRCUMFLEX ARTERY FLAP; PERONEAL ARTERY FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY FLAP; REVIEW; SUBSCAPULAR ARTERY FLAP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACODORSAL ARTERY FLAP;

CHIMERA; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RADIAL ARTERY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 70349913988     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e318193499f     Document Type: Review

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